How to do rehabilitation exercises after breast cancer surgery

Breast cancer has become the most serious disease that endangers women's health. Hot summer is also a high-incidence season for breast cancer. Now breast cancer patients are gradually getting younger. Its severity cannot be ignored. Many young women have even lost their precious lives for it. Many people still do not pay attention to their daily lives after undergoing breast cancer surgery, which may lead to the possibility of recurrent attacks. Let us now learn how to do postoperative rehabilitation exercises for breast cancer?

Progressive rehabilitation exercises after breast cancer surgery:

Early rehabilitation exercises (within 2 weeks after surgery)

Session 1 (24 hours after surgery) Fist exercise: clench and release your fist.

Section 2 (48 hours after surgery) Wrist exercise: Move the wrist up and down, and coordinate internal and external rotation movements.

The third session (3rd day after surgery) Forearm exercise: flexion and extension of the forearm up and down.

The fourth session (5th day after surgery) elbow exercise: Support the elbow with the waist, raise the arm and place it in front of the opposite chest, alternating between the two sides.

Session 5 (7th day after surgery) Elbow holding exercise: Hold the elbow of the affected hand with the healthy hand and lift it to the chest.

Session 6 (9th day after surgery) Shoulder relaxation exercise: rotate the shoulder forward and backward.

Section 7 (10th day after surgery) Upper arm exercise: Raise the upper arm as far as possible and make it parallel to the ground.

Session 8 (11th day after surgery) Neck exercise: Put your hands on your hips and rotate your head and neck forward, backward, left, right and in both directions.

The ninth session (12th day after surgery) Body rotation exercise: rotate the upper body left and right, and swing the arms back and forth.

Session 10 (14th day after surgery) Shoulder lifting exercise: Hold the affected wrist with the healthy side in front of the abdomen, lift it up to the chest and bend it flat, then stretch it forward as far as possible.

The above is how to perform rehabilitation exercises after breast cancer surgery. As long as you follow the above methods, breast cancer can be well controlled, will not spread to other parts, and the body can recover quickly. However, you must check. Rehabilitation exercises for breast cancer is a persistent process. Don’t be afraid of trouble and don’t persist.