Functional exercise is important after breast cancer surgery. The main purpose of postoperative exercise is to prevent tissue adhesions and muscle atrophy, which can affect function.
Functional exercise is necessary after breast cancer surgery. On the first 1-2 days after surgery, it is recommended to exercise mainly the wrist muscles, on the 3rd-4th days, mainly the finger muscles, on the 5th-7th days, mainly the arm muscles, and gradually train until you can comb your own hair. Remember, in the process of exercise, you should be gradual, not anxious, from slow to fast, that is to say, at the beginning of the exercise, the time can be gradually extended from 3min, 5min to 10-15min / time, you can do 3-5 times a day. The first thing you need to do is to do the wall climbing exercise and slowly raise your upper limbs, not to say that the amplitude of doing it is particularly large, but from small amplitude to large amplitude, provided that it does not cause pain.
Try to avoid contact with the lower limb to avoid sagging, especially if there are some patients who do shaking exercises, try to keep the upper limb properly elevated, is to promote lymphatic reflux, and do not lift heavy things too early on this side of the surgery, should not carry heavy things on the shoulder, carry vegetables are to pay attention, keep functional exercise, the probability of edema in the affected limb is relatively low.