What We Treat

Physical therapy after cancer treatment in Eugene.

After surgery or radiation, your body needs a partner in healing. Our dedication to treating cancer patients is deeply personal.

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Sound Familiar?

Does this sound like you?

Swelling in your arm or hand that won’t settle
Tight, restricted tissue around a surgical scar
Shoulder pain or stiffness after surgery
Back pain that started during or after treatment
Weakness that makes daily tasks harder than they should be
Posture changes you picked up while getting through treatment

Any of these? We can help.

Why It Happens

Treatment does its job. It also leaves its mark on tissue.

Whenever someone has surgery or radiation, tissue damage and scar tissue follow. Those restrictions can limit motion, cause pain, and even keep swelling from draining. When someone comes to us with upper extremity lymphedema, we look beyond the swelling and address the myofascial restrictions that may be contributing, because without releasing them the fluid has nowhere to go.

Cancer treatment also tends to leave compensations behind: postural imbalances and weakness that build up while you’re focused on getting through it. We take a global approach, treating all of it so you can move past your immediate concerns and prevent future issues and injuries.

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The Honest Truth

You’ve been through enough. Recovery shouldn’t be left to chance.

If you keep waiting

Scar tissue and restrictions keep limiting how you move
Swelling has fewer ways to drain
Compensations and weakness pile up into new pain

If you start this week

Restrictions start releasing with hands-on care
You have time for real education, not a rushed visit
You work with a team that partners with you and your doctors

Having been through cancer treatment in our own family, we connect with you as a person, not just a diagnosis.

How We Fix It

The same four phases. Built around your recovery.

Sessions run 45 to 90 minutes, which leaves room for education, manual therapy, and exercise. Here’s how the four phases look.

First visits

Pain

Ease pain and swelling.

Myofascial release and other soft tissue techniques begin releasing restrictions so swelling has somewhere to go.

Tissue work

Prime

Restore healthy tissue.

Manual therapy targets scar tissue and restrictions from surgery or radiation so motion returns.

Rebuilding

Perform

Rebuild strength and posture.

Neuromuscular re-education, including Pilates-based rehab, core and pelvic floor strengthening, and postural work.

Long term

Prevent

Prevent future problems.

Functional integration and a home plan help prevent future issues and injuries as you return to daily life.

Questions, Answered

What people ask about rehab after cancer treatment.

01 What can physical therapy help with after cancer treatment?

We help with recovery after surgery and radiation, related shoulder or back pain, lymphedema, scar tissue restrictions, and the weakness and postural imbalances that can develop during treatment.

02 How long are sessions?

Sessions run 45 to 90 minutes. That gives time for education, the manual therapy you need, proper exercise instruction, and other treatments when appropriate.

03 Will you work with my doctors?

Yes. We believe in building a partnership with you and with your doctors so your treatment supports your goals.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person from our team will call you back to get you scheduled. Prefer the phone? Call us at (541) 505-8180.

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