By: Julie Kresl, PT
After you have surgery, like breast reconstruction surgery, it’s so important to come to physical therapy. You might wonder what to expect after surgery and how physical therapy can help. Let’s walk through what you may experience and what we focus on together in physical therapy to help you heal and […]
By Madison Parks, PT, DPT, OCS
Going back to work while you’re still healing from breast cancer is hard. You’re expected to jump back into meetings, keep up with responsibilities, and act like you’re back to normal when you’re anything but. That’s why rehab during this time has to be specific. Every body, every surgery, […]
By: Charu Chopra, PT, DPT and Drea Renteria, PTA
Challenging news: 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
Good news: Survival rates and outcomes have significantly improved due to improved screening and early detection, increased awareness, and continually advancing treatment options.
Cancer is a life-altering journey that extends beyond diagnosis […]
The journey after a breast cancer diagnosis is often filled with both physical and emotional challenges. Compassionate care is essential to healing. We’re sitting down today with breast oncology rehab specialist Jackie Eadi, PT, DPT, CLT of Spooner East Mesa, who is dedicated to creating personalized physical therapy programs […]
By: Emily Stafford, PT, DPT, CAFS, FAFS
It is so important to perform regular self-exams for breast cancer. The majority of new breast cancer cases are identified with self-examination.
So, what do we do for self-exams? How do we know if we are doing them right?
The most important thing is to do them. An […]
By: Brooke Vaughn, PT, DPT, and Emily Stafford, PT, DPT, CAFS, FAFS
Life-saving treatments may cause pain in your neck, back, and shoulders. Generally speaking, pain in these areas is caused by movement restriction or soft tissue healing. Treatments like radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery all can inhibit your mobility and impact your tissues- therefore causing […]
By: Brooke Vaughn, PT, DPT
With each life-saving cancer treatment, there are significant side effects that impact your day-to-day life and activity level. Due to many of these surgical and adjuvant therapies, treatment-induced fatigue can occur. Your body needs to recover, and, often, your body is in constant recovery mode.
The most commonly […]
By: Emily Kitteringham, PT, DPT, CSCS
Breast cancer undoubtedly brings changes to your physical, emotional, and mental health as you undergo treatment and enter into survivorship. Spooner can help you navigate any changes- expected and unexpected- in these new phases of your life.
Our Breast Health Rehabilitation Team has […]
A 32-year-old woman is going to yoga classes 5 days a week. A 41-year-old-woman is training to perform better in her next triathlon. A 28-year-old woman is going to her CrossFit gym 3 or more days a week. These women are extremely active; they are athletes leading a healthy lifestyle and doing what they love, […]
by Austin Kitteringham, CSCS, FIT Trainer and Emily Rocawich, PT, DPT, CSCS, Spooner East Chandler
A cancer diagnosis can be life changing! Days can quickly become filled with doctors’ appointments, imaging, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, on-going cancer management, and follow-up care. Exercise, nutrition and physical therapy are not necessarily your first priority when considering management […]
