Physiotherapist, Stretches After Mastectomy
Hi all,
I am starting three weeks of radiotherapy at The Alfred on Monday.
Thanks to a few ladies here, I am seeing a physiotherapist and also another one who specializes in mastectomy rehabilitation. I am finding seeing them helpful. I had my surgery mid Dec but I still find the site tight and numb at times. I have not really been doing stretches much as I did not like any discomfort associated with my surgery site. But after my radiation oncologist told me it is really important to do so, plus the ladies here sharing, I saw the physio.
The physio told me I am quite tight while the one who specializes in lymphedema saw that I had some cording and helped massaged it. But she said I was not at risk of developing lymphedema, but really need to do more stretching to help prevent cording. So I will continue to see the normal physio.
Seeing the physios really helped me as they taught me stretches I can use. And radiation can make the area tighter and have scarring too. So keeping up with the stretches will be ideal.
I am just wanting to share this to all of you. :)
P S : I can't add more tags that possibly can benefit more ladies searching the web/site I am not sure why. I want to add tags like physiotherapy, physiotherapist, stretches etc but I could not. This site should allow that so it's easier for people to search and benefit. Or is there something I am not doing right? :smiley:
I am starting three weeks of radiotherapy at The Alfred on Monday.
Thanks to a few ladies here, I am seeing a physiotherapist and also another one who specializes in mastectomy rehabilitation. I am finding seeing them helpful. I had my surgery mid Dec but I still find the site tight and numb at times. I have not really been doing stretches much as I did not like any discomfort associated with my surgery site. But after my radiation oncologist told me it is really important to do so, plus the ladies here sharing, I saw the physio.
The physio told me I am quite tight while the one who specializes in lymphedema saw that I had some cording and helped massaged it. But she said I was not at risk of developing lymphedema, but really need to do more stretching to help prevent cording. So I will continue to see the normal physio.
Seeing the physios really helped me as they taught me stretches I can use. And radiation can make the area tighter and have scarring too. So keeping up with the stretches will be ideal.
I am just wanting to share this to all of you. :)
P S : I can't add more tags that possibly can benefit more ladies searching the web/site I am not sure why. I want to add tags like physiotherapy, physiotherapist, stretches etc but I could not. This site should allow that so it's easier for people to search and benefit. Or is there something I am not doing right? :smiley:
