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STAR-certified physical therapist Jennifer Goyette works with cancer patients at South County Physical Therapy in Westborough,Mass.
Hints:
abdominal
Rebecca Lansky
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
squamous
carcinoma
oncologist
Julie Silver
Harvard Medical School
Star
The issues are different for every type of cancer, for example people treated for head and neck cancer may need help speaking or swallowing. Blood cancer patients may need help rebuilding strength, and those treated for colon cancer may need rehab for back pain and abdominal swelling.
Patients are getting stuck and they don't know where to go.
That's Dr. Rebecca Lansky, a rehab specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.
I have a patient who had squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, had radiation to the whole jaw and neck. And so he couldn't open up his mouth for six months and he basically kept going to his oncologist saying, how can I get better? What can I do? How can I get better? What can I do? And he finally got referred to me and so we're now opening up his jaw six months after he's been unable to move his jaw.
One study found that 90% of cancer patients should be referred to rehab, but only about one third are. There are signs that is beginning to change.
Dr. Julie Silver, who teaches at Harvard Medical School, created a program that provides rehab for cancer patients after treatment. It's called Star and is now offered in almost all 50 states.
You weren't sore?
No, surprisingly. | 
发表于 2016-8-2 11:41:00