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13 weeks post radiation and throat pain continues

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jan 27 12:18pm | Replies (22)

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@denisebriggs

Hi. I'm a female and was 47 with the same type of cancer and treatment. Go see a PT that does stain-counterstrain. This treatment helped me right away. (I did not have pain, but couldn't swallow.) I bet they could help with the pain as well. It is important though that the PT know the counterstain technique.
Also.....find stretching exercises that will help with neck stiffness later. I wish I had done this. No told me to, and now 4 years post treatment, I'm dealing with horrible stiffness that causing pretty tough issues for me. Do the stretching exercises the rest of your life to prevent or reduce the horrible tightening of your neck. You will thank yourself!!!!

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@denisebriggs
The clinic I’m going to for acupuncture has specialists in every alternative methods including PT. I will ask them about the strain-counterstrain technique. I also have become lax in my neck exercises. I will get back on that.
Thanks for the advice. I’m hoping the acupuncture will help with my saliva production. I believe that if I can start producing more saliva it may help with healing my throat and mouth sores. I can’t use artificial saliva because any that I have tried burn my mouth and throat.