Physiotherapy also plays a very important role in the disease resistance process of cancer patients. Yana Huang, a physiotherapist at the Healthy Physiotherapy and Specialized Training Center, said in an interview with Sky Post that after patients undergo chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery, physical therapy actually has different methods to help patients relieve discomfort, so that they can recover as soon as possible. Return to normal life.
Helps to relax the patient’s joints and reduce swelling
According to Physiotherapist Yana to Sky Post, most cancer treatments include drug therapy, surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Patients may experience side effects after receiving different treatments. Physiotherapy can help relieve patients’ discomfort after treatment and enable them to recover as soon as possible.
Among them, for swelling and pain that usually occurs after surgery, patients can not only take anti-inflammatory painkillers prescribed by doctors, but also physiotherapists will use different methods to help patients relax the tense soft tissues and joints, and can also cooperate with different equipment for treatment, such as Ultrasound, compression therapy, etc., in order to achieve the effect of reducing swelling and pain.
Taking breast cancer resection as an example, since the surgical site is close to the shoulder, if proper rehabilitation exercises are not performed after the surgery, the range of motion of the patient’s shoulder may be limited, and even develop into frozen shoulder. In addition, no matter whether the patient undergoes open surgery or minimally invasive surgery, there will always be scar formation. If the scar loosening and softening treatment is not carried out early, the patient may feel the location of the scar, a pulling sensation, or even pain.
After the operation, the patient may be required to stay in bed, resulting in a decline in physical fitness. Physiotherapists will also carry out some rehabilitation exercises according to their physical conditions, so as to help patients recover as soon as possible and return to a healthy and normal life as soon as possible.
Train patients with low-intensity exercise
Yana also pointed out that patients may experience cancer-related fatigue during chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Depending on the situation, the physiotherapist will allow the patient to perform some low-intensity exercise to avoid deterioration of the patient’s cardiopulmonary function and physical fitness.
During chemotherapy, patients may experience varying degrees of edema, muscle and joint pain, etc. Apart from assisting in monitoring the situation, physiotherapists will also perform stretching exercises with patients and teach them relaxation techniques to relieve discomfort. Some patients may suffer from tingling pain and numbness in hands and feet due to peripheral neuropathy caused by chemotherapy. Physiotherapists will use different equipment for treatment such as acupuncture and magnetic therapy to help relieve discomfort.
One of the side effects of electrotherapy is the hardening of the skin and soft tissues, forming radiation fibrosis syndrome. In the past, some patients with malignant sarcoma affected their daily life due to extensive hardening of the skin and soft tissues, especially those with nasopharyngeal carcinoma or those who had received electrotherapy in the head and neck. Affect its shoulder and neck activities and chewing and swallowing ability. Therefore, stretching of neck muscles, manual therapy of neck joints and temporomandibular joints, and training of orofacial muscles are very important.
Improve edema and incontinence sequelae
With the advancement of medical technology, the chances of cancer recovery are getting higher and higher. However, after treatment, the recovered patients still have to face many sequelae. Yana pointed out that these problems include upper limb lymphedema after breast cancer or lymph node removal, incontinence problems due to prostate cancer or disc cavity cancer, decreased cardiopulmonary function due to lung cancer, and hand and foot coordination problems due to brain tumors. Physiotherapists can also help improve these problems
In fact, the rehabilitation of cancer will vary with the type, stage and treatment process of cancer. Physiotherapists will conduct a detailed examination to understand the needs of patients and their caregivers, and together formulate an appropriate treatment plan to help the recovered person return to normal life as soon as possible.
Special thanks to: Jianheng Physiotherapy and Specialized Training Center
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