Life After Breast Cancer Can Be Better Than Ever
01 October, 2020
mastectomy Tag
Impairment From Surgery Radiation – Astym Therapy Was My Last Hope And It Worked!
As the typical story is told, hormone positive breast cancer can return up to about 25 years. Really? Indeed. I experienced a new primary cancer 10 years after the original lumpectomy and radiation. BEWARE! As time passes after the original tissue-sparing, conservative surgery PLUS radiation ----...
20 July, 2018
Astym Therapy Worked Well For Scar Tissue Treatment And Helped Me Recover From Surgery
My story begins with a bilateral mastectomy in April 2014. I elected to start my breast reconstruction the same day as my mastectomy and everything went well for about six weeks. I then developed an infection and had to have one of my expanders removed...
19 August, 2015
Astym Therapy Changed My Life By Restoring My Movement After Breast Cancer Treatment
I am a survivor of breast cancer. I had a bilateral mastectomy in August of 2013 followed by a year of chemo and 4 more surgeries to the chest finishing in December 2014. I developed chemo induced neuropathy and began falling from balance issues. This...
25 May, 2015
Post-surgery: Astym Therapy Really Helped In Recovery
Trying to minimize my chances of inflammatory breast cancer, I elected for removal of both breasts. I later had a tram-flap surgery where they cut across my tummy and manipulated my skin and muscles up to make new breasts. I had a horrific incision from...
02 May, 2014
Post-Mastectomy Pain And Scar Tissue – Astym Therapy May Be The Answer
The right surgery was done, the necessary radiation was performed, and now your prognosis is good. However, lingering impairments in movement from breast cancer treatment are common, but often go untreated. Scar tissue that may result from surgery and radiation can cause pain and restrict...
13 July, 2013
Astym Treatment Removes Scar Tissue and Restores Movement After Mastectomy/Radiation
Many women experience scarring, adhesions, and/or contractures that restrict movement after they receive surgery/radiation for breast cancer. Often, women suffer from this restricted movement because they are unaware that there is treatment available to eliminate scar tissue and restore normal movement. A clinical research study published...
25 February, 2011
