Mastectomy recovery of limb function

After breast cancer patients, especially in patients after radical operation to restore the importance of operative side of the limb function. Through the psychological care and physical exercise to carry out.

Psychological care of patients on the importance of breast cancer, the patient’s image due to their own destruction, often depression, and lack of confidence when faced with life and courage, not take the initiative to restore and exercise. Family members should do ideological work, not to the patient a new light, to encourage patients to face life with optimism.

Physical exercise is surgery to prevent and eliminate side-arm lymphedema of effective measures. Exercise can be started after 3-5 days and gradual manner. Training methods are:

(1) physical upright, his arms drooping naturally, shrink the upper arm muscles, arms arched up near the ears, then relax.

(2) arms drooping naturally, wrist upward bent and your fist or finger grip exercises.

(3) the body upright, Taigaohuanzhi, upward enough to touch, or along the wall gradually upward extension; or limb movements to do hair.

(4), the body upright, his arms drooping naturally, before and after the swing, or rotate clockwise along the ipsilateral arm.

(5), the body upright, with a long wooden sticks, placed on the back or neck, his hands holding the respective ends of his arms back and forth see-saw kind of action to do.

(6), the body upright, lift the affected side arm, the arm with the contralateral limb as far as possible to the head would be pulled.

(7) arms sag, two-handed grip on the front of phase, there is on the move too far in front, and then try to stretch after falling from both sides.

Exercise should be adjusted according to physical exercise. In daily life, the more conscious use of the affected side, can take part in swimming, badminton, table tennis and other activities, and engage in whatever activities.