Frisco - Main Street

Ami Patel was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. After chemotherapy and a double mastectomy with lymph node removal, she was referred to our ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation therapist. Ami shared, "My therapist is amazing. During my sessions, we do a lot of manual massaging to help with the tightness, cording and range of motion issues. This has been super helpful and allows me to do much more with my kids, cook, run errands, wash what little hair I have growing back, etc. After this, we do exercises that help with stretching, building muscle mass and endurance. I had chemo for most of this year and it has made significant changes to my body where I have been very weak. I needed these exercises to get me back to moving again more easily." Ami recently completed a breast cancer walk, went on vacation and is feeling great.

Susan Connor and her family had grown accustomed to the cumbersome job of loading the car with everything she needed before going anywhere. With limited endurance post-spinal surgery, Susan wanted to get stronger before chemo and keep some strength throughout her treatment. Physical Therapist Kelsey Thompson at our Frisco - Main Street center worked with Susan after spinal surgery and before chemotherapy. While her back surgery helped pain in one leg, she was still suffering nerve pain in the other. She needed help getting in and out of the car, a walker to go anywhere and a chair when she went out that she knew would be comfortable. Kelsey and Susan worked to build strength by playing games like UNO and Connect 4 while standing. Now, her family is leaving her chair at home, she is walking down the street without her walker and Susan feels confident in herself again.