Physiotherapy in Breast Cancer

Physiotherapy has become the answer today to heal from injuries and surgeries and return to your normal life with normal body movements. Physiotherapists show the patients to expel the bodily fluid from their framework with the assistance of specific strategies. Physiotherapists give treatments which improves the muscle quality.

Our physiotherapist also provides post surgical rehabilitation Singapore services for patient looking to recover after a surgery. Our physiotherapy treatment helps your body get back to normal, helping you through the pain.

Our physiotherapists don’t concentrate on just a single part of the body which is harmed rather they think about the whole body as one during a treatment. They accept that the root of the issue lies some place inside the body and not simply the influenced area. The fundamental point is to re-establish the body into its normal working condition. Adding exercise to your ordinary routine can basically improve the portability of the harmed part. If you are recovering from breast cancer then we have also got breast cancer rehabilitation Singapore services for you.

Breast cancer is an abnormal growth of cells in the breast that can sometimes be felt as a lump or mass called a tumour.

Since the cancerous cells can spread within the breast, to lymph nodes (glands) in your armpit, and to other parts of your body, you may find discomfort in the other areas of body as well like –

• Difficulty with shoulder movement
• Pain in arm
• Neck pain
• Lack of strength in upperbody
• Fatigue
• Change in posture

Prehabilitation is defined as the time of care that occurs between the time of diagnosis and actual cancer treatment.

Our goal is –

• To prepare & educate you prior surgery & establish an exercise program for prior to and after surgery
• To improve physical impairments and functional limitations associated with breast cancer treatment
• To provide education on identification of impairments, guide you with Do’ & Dont’s
• To plan rehabilitation and exercise intervention post surgery to regain strength, motion & help you achieve your activites of daily living
• To focus on scar management program post surgery
• To work on pain management & edema drainage techniques secondary to surgery Associated conditions & how we help

1. Upper Extremity Complications –

Post surgery many people experience recurring shoulder and/or arm problems like,

• Frozen shoulder
• Rotator cuff pathology
• Scapula winging
• Impingemet syndrome
• Neck pain due to which activites like lifting, carrying and reaching may be hindered.

We help with planning out treatment that is prescribed based on the individual’s needs and can include –

• Soft tissue and joint mobilizations
• Range of motion exercises ( passive & active assisted)
• Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation exercises
• Functional training program

2. Lack of Strength –

Loss of strength makes muscles fatigue/painful during movements. Our treatment helps on regaining/maintaining strength by focusing on core stability exercises and as well as

strengthening exercises for neck, upper back, arm, chest & shoulder muscles using therabands, resistance exercises, free weights.

3. Lymphedema –

Lymphedema is often the most dreaded complication of breast cancer treatment, along with pain and loss of range of motion. Lymphatic drainage techniques are designed to deal with swelling and helps to reduce pain.

We use techniques like –

• Manual lymph drainage techniques
• Tapping techniques
• Stretching exercises
• Positioning techniques
• Education on prevention of lymphedema

4. Pain Managenent –

Breast cancer related pain can be divided into two distinct categories – tumor related pain & surgical pain.

We use therapeutic options like hands – on therapy (Soft tissue kneading, fascia tension release, stretching) & electrotherapeutic modalities (TENS, Ultrasound, IFT, Hot/Cold packs) to help you relieve pain.

5. Scar Tissue Management –

Scars & adhesions anxiety is what many people go through post surgery. Hence, we make sure to help you relieve from that using our scar management techniques like massage, therapeutic ultrasound, tapping, scar tissue mobilisation.