Cancer rehabilitation

Support through treatment and recovery

At Mediclinic Middle East, the Cancer Rehabilitation programme supports men and women diagnosed with cancer through different stages of treatment and recovery.

The programme is designed to improve strength, quality of life, and wellbeing. It can help you regain physical and emotional strength, rebuild confidence in your body, and feel more in control as you recover.

Cancer rehabilitation is suitable following any type of cancer surgery or treatment and can be adapted for different ages, fitness levels, and levels of mobility.

What cancer rehabilitation can help you work towards

• Optimising physical and functional recovery
• Easing pain and muscular tension
• Regaining strength and mobility
• Increasing energy levels
• Improving breathing
• Strengthening core muscles
• Improving posture
• Improving physical function and maintaining independence
• Rebuilding body confidence and a sense of control
• Reducing treatment-related side effects
• Shifting the focus from illness towards wellbeing

Returning to movement and exercise

Staying physically active is an important part of recovery from cancer and its treatment. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapies can all have physical effects that affect your quality of life.

A cancer rehabilitation physiotherapist can assess the physical changes you are experiencing and help you return to exercise safely. Your programme is built around your individual needs and where you are in treatment or recovery.

What your rehabilitation may include

Depending on your assessment, sessions can combine:

• Manual physiotherapy
• Graduated resistance training
• Pain-management strategies
• Individual clinical Pilates
• Fatigue management
• Exercise prescription

Your physiotherapist will guide you through each phase of treatment and recovery. They can help you understand how treatment is affecting your body, what you can do to rebuild strength, and how to take a more active role in your recovery.