Information
To learn more about cancer survivorship research at Sylvester, please call 305-243-3329 or
email Survivorship Research.
Our mission is to improve function, mobility, independence, activity level and quality of life in cancer patients from the time of diagnosis, through survivorship, and at the end of life.
Diagnoses that we treat:
- Musculoskeletal dysfunctions (joints, muscles, spine)
- Functional pain
- Functional limitations
- Focal motor or sensory deficits
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Spasticity
- Cancer related fatigue
- Gait abnormalities
- Deconditioning
- Impaired mobility
- Impaired performance of activities of daily living
- Lymphedema
- Aphasia
- Dysphagia
Services we offer:
- Rehabilitation prior to, during and after cancer treatment(s)
- Inpatient consults
- Acute Inpatient cancer rehabilitation
- Medical evaluation for exercise capacity
- Medical exercise recommendations
- Medical management of cancer related fatigue
- Joint and muscle injections for pain
- Spasticity management (including botulinum toxin)
- Electrodiagnostic (EMG/NCS) evaluations
- Lifestyle medicine
- Lymphedema management
- Breast cancer rehabilitation
- Neurological tumor rehabilitation
- Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation
- Hematologic malignancy rehabilitation
- Stem cell transplant rehabilitation – GvHD Rehabilitation
- Musculoskeletal malignancy rehabilitation
- Gastrointestinal malignancy rehabilitation
- GU/GynOnc malignancy rehabilitation