Managing Pain For Cancer Patients With Integrative Physical Therapy
Pain is one of the most feared concerns for patients who are suffering from cancer and undergoing cancer treatment. Pain can affect a patient psychologically, socially and mentally. The burden of suffering from severe pain can be manifested not only through suffering, but also through decreased activity, impaired functioning and alterations in one’s sense of identity. Poorly relieved cancer pain can put a profoundly negative impact on the patient’s quality of life while increasing the suffering for their caregivers as well. But with the discovery of different types of therapy such as Integrative Physical Therapy patients can now experience a little ease in their discomfort while leading a normal life. Mostly for cancer patients, the pain is associated with the tumor itself. The pain generally pushes over the nerves, organs or bones while creating a great discomfort. Also, patients tend to experience the pain while undergoing the cancer treatment from radiation th...