Getting the right care is important to help you recover and feel more like yourself again. When you choose rehabilitation services at Ascension Illinois, you get an experienced team of physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists and psychologists. Every appointment with your care team starts with a compassionate conversation. We answer your questions and get to know you. So, you get a personalized cancer rehabilitation care plan. And with a plan, comes hope.
Personalized assessment and cancer rehabilitation
At Ascension Illinois, our goal is to help you get back to home, family, life and self sooner. You will have a personalized physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy assessment to help our specialists create a care plan that’s right for you. Rehabilitation specialists work together with your cancer care team including your nurse navigator, palliative care nurse, and social worker to help support you every step of the way.
Our experienced care teams provide rehabilitation for many types of cancer, including:
- Brain and spine cancer
- Breast cancer
- Blood cancers and blood disorders
- Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, including colon, liver and pancreas
- Gynecologic cancers, including ovarian and cervical
- Head and neck cancers, including mouth, sinuses, nose, throat and thyroid
- Lung and esophageal cancer, and other thoracic cancers, mesothelioma, and tracheal cancer
- Prostate and male genital cancer, including kidney and bladder cancer
- Skin cancer, including basal cell, melanoma and squamous cell
- Urologic cancers, including bladder, kidney and urethral cancers
Rehabilitation specialists focus on recovery after cancer surgery
Your rehabilitation care team specializes in cancer care rehab techniques, including lymphedema therapy for swelling and circulation problems. Your personalized care plan may include:
- Home health care - Home-based services that help you stay on track with your post-acute recovery plan — from skilled-nursing checkups and therapies, to home health aids and more.
- Lymphedema therapy - Physical therapy and lymphedema care specialists deliver specialized therapies to help manage fluid buildup and swelling that can limit body movement. Your physical therapist helps relieve discomfort with gentle exercises, lymphatic massage and medical compression bandages.
- Occupational therapy - Occupational therapists create strategies to help restore your independence, maintain your quality of life and modify daily routines.
- Pain management - Pain management includes medication and non-medication therapies for pain from tumor pressure, cancer treatment, or surgery.
- Palliative care - A palliative specialist provides comfort and support to address the emotional, physical, practical and spiritual effects of cancer.
- Short and long-term physical therapy - Physical therapists help improve physical strength and mobility, due to muscle loss, long-term bed rest, difficulty balancing, and limitations to specific body parts.
- Speech therapy - A speech therapist specializes in communication and swallowing disorders, helping improve vocal and oral motor skills, memory and organization.
- Wound care - Wound care specialists treat many types of wounds including venous and arterial leg ulcers, surgical wounds, and hard-to-heal-wounds. Our advanced healing treatments help prevent infection and irritation.
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