Friday, February 7, 2020

Cancer Pre-Habilitation and Rehabilitation


Many people are familiar with rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery, other types of surgery, or long hospitalizations. But recently there has been more talk about pre-habilitation and rehabilitation surrounding cancer surgery and treatment.

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 9pm ET, the #gyncsm community is pleased to welcome Dr. Timothy Marshall (@MarshallTF_PhD), Acting Executive Director of the Kean University, School of Physical Therapy in New Jersey, for our discussion on cancer pre-hab and rehab. Dr. Marshall is the author of a number of articles including Consensus- Building Efforts to Identify Best Tools for Screening and Assessment for Supportive Services in OncologyJournal of Disability and Rehabilitation. 

After defining pre-habilitation and rehabilitation, we will discuss how programs for patients are developed as well as who to speak with about these services using the following topic questions:
  • T1: What is cancer pre-habilitation? Is prehab important for those having surgery?
  • T2: What is cancer rehabilitation? What is impairment driven rehabilitation? 
  • T3: When is the right time to ask about cancer rehab and who should I ask? Will insurance pay for this service?
  • T4: Where are cancer pre-hab and rehab services offered? How would a patient go about finding these services in their community?
  • T5: How is it determined which exercise program is best for each patient?
  • T6: Can a patient who may have finished treatment a year or more ago do any exercise to help with the side effects of treatment?  

We hope you will join us and Dr. Marshall for this month's chat.

Dee
#gyncsm Co-founder

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