Postoperative shoulder and neck exercises help laryngeal cancer recovery

At present, medical technology has made laryngeal cancer surgery an important means of treating laryngeal cancer and controlling cancer. However, although removing the cancerous part can effectively protect the patient's life safety, it also has a significant impact on the patient's life. Correct exercise after laryngeal cancer surgery is an effective way to help postoperative recovery.

After laryngeal cancer surgery, patients can do proper exercise to help restore their physical strength. The amount of exercise should be increased gradually, and patients should not rush for quick results. Neck and shoulder functional exercises are especially recommended. Because some patients need to undergo neck lymph node dissection at the same time as total laryngectomy. After laryngeal cancer surgery, the neck and shoulder muscles are damaged, causing patients to be unwilling to move more due to pain and discomfort, and then muscle atrophy occurs, and upper limb activity is limited, affecting the quality of life. If functional exercises are performed as soon as possible, these complications can be avoided. Neck activities include forward bending, backward bending, left and right lateral bending, left and right rotation, etc.; shoulder joint functional exercises include six movements such as forward lifting, backward extension, lateral lifting, adduction, internal rotation and external rotation. Patients need to practice under the guidance of professionals to gradually restore the lost functions.

In addition, the recurrence and metastasis of laryngeal cancer often occur within two years after treatment. During this period, you must go to the hospital for regular checkups, which are generally done in the third, sixth, and twelfth months after discharge, and then every other year. Of course, if there is a lump in the neck, the swelling of the neck does not subside but worsens, breathing difficulties, coughing up blood, bad breath, etc., you should go to the hospital for a checkup at any time. The checkup includes palpation of the neck and chest X-ray.

The above are some things you need to pay attention to after laryngeal cancer surgery. I hope that all patients can pay attention to their physical condition in all aspects of life after laryngeal cancer surgery. Not only should they do appropriate exercise, but they should also pay attention to their daily living habits so that the body can recover health as soon as possible after surgery.