cording or axillary web syndrome

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Re: cording or axillary web syndrome

Postby JudyB » Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:50 pm

Is your physio a lymphodema specialist? If not I would look for someone who specialises in breast cancer and the lymphatic drainage system. I had cording and my physio got rid of it for me but I still have trouble lifting my arm to it's full extent. I need to do more exercises to fix that.
DX Sep 09, LB mast with axillary diss. Grd 2 Ductal Carc. 50mm diam. Margins clear. 1/13 nodes. OR+ PR+, HER2- . FEC x 3, Taxotere x 3, RADS x 30, Tamoxifen, DIEP reconstruction April 2011, Femara 2013, Oophorectomy 2013.

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Re: cording or axillary web syndrome

Postby jezza » Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:53 pm

If you go to search at the top of the page and then put "cording" in you will find all the posts about it....lots of reading and discussions about it there....good luck!

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Re: cording or axillary web syndrome

Postby Joy K » Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:23 pm

Hi
I've had the same treatments as you have and I did get minor cording problems. The exercise of choice was to find a spot where two walls meet (the only spot I could find was in the shower as furniture obscured all others) and raise your arms just above your head and really lean into the corner, slowly increasing the pressure. You should be able to feel the pressure under your arms. Repeat the exercise a few times.
I thought that cording resolved itself a few months after surgery, are you sure it is not a collection of lymph fluid causing lymphodema? Mine collects in the axilla and I have fortnightly sessions with my Physiotherapist who is a lymphodema drainage expert.
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cording or axillary web syndrome

Postby mslackigan » Fri Nov 04, 2011 2:01 pm

having problems with recurring cording .seen a physio but i cant find a lot of information . Had a mastectomy dec 2009 and axil clearance ,chemo, radio and herception


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