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"Our centre has more than twenty years of successful operation and provision of primary care to cancer patients. In order to make treatment comprehensive, fully effective and as pleasant as possible for the patient, it is necessary to focus on other services that can greatly facilitate the healing process. The first step we took to achieve this was to open a nutrition clinic and a physiotherapy clinic for breast cancer patients. There are also plans to expand the services further, for example the launch of a palliative outpatient clinic," says Multiscan's director Ing. Mgr. Martina Kulštejnová.
The physiotherapy outpatient clinic is open every Tuesday at the Cancer Centre. Patients are referred by the attending oncologist based on the diagnosis and general state of health. Specialized oncological rehabilitation is directed by physiotherapist Bc. Denisa Nosková.
"Patients after partial or full breast removal come with various difficulties. Most often it is the shoulder and cervical spine in protraction, weakened deep stabilization system or impaired mobility of the scapula. With effective exercise, the difficulties can be significantly relieved and the limb can be restored to its original state. However, coming in for physiotherapy just once is not enough for successful treatment; it is a long-term process that requires at least five appointments. However, it always depends on the patient's state of health when she comes, how cooperative she is, and how she exercises privately," says Denisa Nosková, describing the rehabilitation process.
Currently, the services of an in-house physiotherapist are offered to patients at all stages of breast cancer treatment, with more diagnoses to be added gradually.
