Post-Mastectomy Pain: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

とは Post-Mastectomy?

Post mastectomy pain is chronic pain resulting after breast cancer surgery.  Any pain that occurs past the healing period is considered chronic pain.  There should be some pain resulting after a major surgery, but chronic pain can occur.  Studies have shown that 50 percent of women had pain 2 to 3 years after breast cancer surgery.  Post mastectomy surgery may result in nerve damage causing for pain and sensitivity around the chest.  This could cause for allodynia, which is when a non painful stimuli causes pain.  Post mastectomy surgery could cause for swelling of breast, tenderness and hardness, or infection.   

Conditions that Cause Post-Mastectomy Pain 

1. Any type of breast surgeries such as mastectomy, lumpectomy, and axillary lymph node dissection
2. Abnormal nerve growths, also known as neuromas, in the area of the surgery

Post-Mastectomy Pain Symptoms

1. Sensations such as burning, shooting, or stabbing
2. Aching or throbbing pain
3. Phantom breast pain

Post-Mastectomy Pain Treatment

ASTRは扱います post-mastectomy pain 筋肉の不均衡、瘢痕組織、トリガーポイントに対処することにより、穏やかで効果的かつ自然な方法で、  筋膜の制限、炎症、姿勢、しばしば痛みの原因となる体の力学。 ASTRは、症状だけでなく、痛みの根本原因に対処するために全体的なアプローチを取ります。 ASTR治療は自宅で行うことができます post-mastectomy pain.