title: Exercise for the Patient after Breast Cancer Surgery.
abstract: To describe how mobilization stretches and exercise decrease shoulder impairments, a complication related to breast cancer surgery, thus improving quality of life.
  
  
  
  PubMed, Medline, Medline-Ovid.
  
  
  
  Mobilization stretches and exercises after breast surgery are an effective way to improve shoulder range of motion and decrease chest tightness and pain.
  
  
  
  Nurses who provide care to breast cancer patients need to teach and encourage patients to exercise postoperatively to eliminate or minimize the side effects of surgery.
authors.forename: Donna J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: breast cancer; exercise; exercise benefits; mobilization stretches; surgery; weight training