SELF- HEALING during COVID 19
INFORMATION IS POWER
IF YOU'VE HAD A MASTECTOMY then you will want to know how to get the most during your recovery and maintain your gains over the years.
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Mastectomy surgery has been reported again and again in research as a risk factor to pain, dysfunction and lymphoedema.
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Healing impairments associated with mastectomy surgery must be considered, to reduce physical impairments and impact on people's quality of life.
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It doesn't matter how long ago your mastectomy surgery was, I believe that healing is a life long self-care task.
SELF-HEALING WHILE STAYING AT HOME DURING CV19
- an educational series for people after mastectomy
Take the opportunity, during COVID 19 stay-at-home, to learn more about self-healing options for breast cancer survivors/ thrivers.
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WHAT WILL BE COVERED
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Each session will review:
1. An assessment measure you can use at home: evaluate pain, impact on selected tasks, arm movement, skin, fascia and muscle movement.
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2. Review treatment methods that are suited to breast cancer survivors
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3. See how treatment methods can be translated to self-healing
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4. Why an oncology trained therapist is essential to support a self-healing program.
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Are these sessions enough for me to be able to develop my own self-healing program?
No.
Because sensation is always affected after mastectomy surgery, shoulder/ arm movement assessment is complex, and scar tissue /adhesions vary between people- you need to have an assessment and guidance from a therapist trained in oncology/breast cancer and scar tissue.
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Can I book in for online personalized assessment and coaching in self-healing with Denise?
Yes, During CV 19 restrictions. I am only offering online assessments and coaching
Choose a 15 min video discovery session (complimentary) or connect by email to book a video appointment.
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Mastectomy Self-Healing Series: Starts here
Fundamentals 1
NAME / JOB / TITLE
0- 2.00 Introduction
2.00 Health Warning
2.30 Individual differences
7.00 Definition of self-healing
9.30 More options for healing
11.00 Fundamentals of practices in this series
13.45 History of arm assessments
15.00 New arm assessment is required
16.55 Anatomical and healing implications
23.00 Demo of Arm to Ear test
25.50 Demo of Reach-Out-The-Back Test (ROTB test)
31.20 Audio guide for both tests
36.00 Muscle release self-healing
40.00 Challenge for the week
43.30 Finger practice
NAME / JOB / TITLE
Three self-healing exercises
0- 2.00 Introduction
2.00 Health Warning
2.30 Individual differences
7.00 Definition of self-healing
9.30 More options for healing
11.00 Fundamentals of practices in this series
13.45 History of arm assessments
15.00 New arm assessment is required
16.55 Anatomical and healing implications
23.00 Demo of Arm to Ear test
25.50 Demo of Reach-Out-The-Back Test (ROTB test)
31.20 Audio guide for both tests
36.00 Muscle release self-healing
40.00 Challenge for the week
43.30 Finger practice
Finessing self-healing from session1&2
0- 3.00 Introduction
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3.00- 7.30 Review finessing Reach-out-the-Back Test
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7.30-13.50 Review use of Lewit Barrier Release for tightness in diagonal and vertical skin movement
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13.50- 16.15 New self-healing for pec minor muscle tightness
Self-healing side seam area
0- 2.30 What makes up the side seam zone
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2.30- 9.30 Self-healing with trigger point at the
side seam muscle
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9.30- 15.30 Self-healing tight skin at the side seam area
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15.30- 18.10 What does this look like when a therapist is treating the side seam area
Understanding the "WHY"
Is there a change in shoulder blade position?
0- 2.30 Introduction
2.30 - 5.00 View what a change in shoulder blade position
looks like
5.00- 6.30 Why the back armpit can look different
6.30- 8.44 How to measure shoulder blade changes
8.44-9.50 Muscle changes at the back
9.50- 13.00 How the shoulder blade should move
13.00-13.30 The link to pec minor tightness
13.30- 16.00 Self-healing method 1 contract/ relax/ stretch
16.00- 17.20 method 2 contract/relax/stretch
17.20- 18.20 Skin and scar release, Lewit Barrier Release
18.20 - 19.17 Scapula retraining with arm movement
19.17- 21.00 Measurement challenge
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