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Presentation 2
Presentation 2
Necessary Referrals
Assessment
• Cervical A/PROM
• Shoulder ROM/strength
○ DASH
○ trigger points/pain
• Cervical and thoracic strength and endurance testing
• Mandible ROM
○ mandibular depression, lateral deviation, etc
• Gait analysis
○ Ambulation endurance
• Balance
○ Timed Up and Go or BERG
○ Single Leg Stance
• Neuropathy Screening
• Lymphedema Assessment
○ Circumferential/volumetric measurements
○ Determination of Pitting/ vs. Non-Pitting Edema
• Current activity level
• Fatigue: “Cancer-Related Fatigue Distress Scale”
• Pain: “Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)”
Treatment Plan
○ Endurance - aerobic conditioning
■ Ambulation - FWW for conditioning and continued progression if pain limited, sling if
severe SANS pain
■ Muscular
■ Restorative - Not fatiguing
○ Posture reeducation
○ Prevention of Cancer Influences
■ Sedentary
■ Diabetes
■ Weight Control
Treatment Plan Cont.
○ HEP
■ Community group fitness options
● yoga or pilates that is adapted
■ Leisure activities – enjoyment
○ Lymphedema
■ fascioplasty to compress
■ instruction on manual lymph drainage if indicated
○ Scar mobilization
■ Soft tissue massage