Women need support after breast surgery, especially if they have questions about how to return to exercise. Physiotherapy and massage therapy can help provide guidance and treatment.

After breast surgery, women may have questions about how to safely move the arms, avoid stiffness, and return to exercise and other activity. Below is a guide answering some of these questions related to exercise post-surgery created by the Canadian Cancer Society in consultation with the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.

If you are struggling with swelling in your limbs which is not resolving post-surgery, you may have lymphedema. Treatment is available. Seek a consultation with Cross Roads registered massage therapist, Dawn Sparks, who is a Vodder-trained and certified manual lymphatic drainage therapist.

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Exercise After Breast Surgery