The surgery often causes muscle tightness, lymph node removal can trigger nerve pains, cording is common after mastectomy and radiation treatments often result in frozen shoulder and other related problems.
A new article in the Nursing Times journal highlights the need for a proper review of the kind of shoulder exercises that might work best for women who have had breast cancer treatment. They looked at almost ten years worth of published research. Three reviewers critically appraised the studies and categorised them according to the amount of evidence they generated. Only the best studies were included.
They found that both early and delayed exercise had no effect on the occurrence of lymphoedema, although starting exercise training and physiotherapy quickly after surgery was most effective in avoiding shoulder motion deterioration.
If you've developed a frozen shoulder or neck and shoulder pain after breast cancer treatments then you might find Gordon's ebook helpful.
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