Cancer Rehab and Survivorship
At what point should I see a cancer rehab physiotherapist?
Pre op: we can help you prepare your body for surgery and treatment.
Post op: we can help with scar management, joint mobilizing, breathing techniques and provide reassurance and advice to help you maximize your recovery.
During treatment: we know from research that being active during treatment can decrease side effects and increase completion rates for treatments. Keeping active during this hard time can increase functional outcomes including back to work sooner!
Fitness/ Survivorship phase: We all know we need to exercise but where do you start? How much? What should I feel? What can happen? The door to exercise and rehab after cancer never closes! Even 10 years later.
There is a dose response relationship to exercise- the better quality exercise people do, the more pronounced benefit you get. There have been large studies with 1,000s of volunteers so we know now how exercise influences cancer growth and its effect on the body.)
