Tag: sexuality and cancer

Sexual Problems and Cancer Treatment

Sexual Problems and Cancer Treatment

Sexual Problems and Cancer Treatment It’s Cervical Health Awareness Month! Sexual problems are a side effect of cancer treatment that oncologists don’t often talk about, but there are treatments to help, including the pelvic floor therapy that we do at Femina PT. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy, stem cell transplantations, and other procedures can negatively […]

Sexual Function and Cancer: Include Physical Therapy in Your Care Plan

Sexual Function and Cancer: Include Physical Therapy in Your Care Plan

Physical Therapy Can Mitigate the Effects of Cancer on Sexual Function Sexuality can be a big part of who we are as individuals. Sexual function can be defined as “specific physical, physiological, neurological and emotional behaviors expressed by an individual response”.5 Sexual function and cancer can have an important and detrimental relationship.  There are certain cancers […]