The After Cancer Blog

Prostate and rectal cancer pain can affect the pelvis, bowel, and even the bones, making daily life feel heavy, intimate, and exhausting. This article explains how this pain shows up, from sharp cramps to deep aches, and offers medical and supportive strategies to manage it with dignity, care, and real relief.

Lung and chest pain in cancer may result from tumor growth, pleural inflammation, fluid buildup, or metastasis to the ribs or spine. This article explains how the pain feels, what causes it, and how to manage it with medical care and supportive techniques like breathing exercises, posture changes, and guided relief.

Ovarian and uterine cancer can cause pelvic pain through tumor growth, hormonal changes, cysts, or treatment side effects. This article explores how to identify different types of pain, including menstrual and rupture-related, and offers practical, evidence-based strategies for managing discomfort with medical care, lifestyle changes, and emotional support.

Breast cancer pain can stem from the tumor, treatments like surgery or hormone therapy, or metastasis to the bones. This article explains common types of pain, what they may signal, and how to manage them. With practical strategies and compassionate support, we help patients better understand their pain and take steps toward relief and control throughout the cancer journey.

In this article, Dr. Katrina Heath talks about how cancer related pelvic pain can impact intimacy, and what you can do to manage it.

Katie Estridge, a physical therapist at The After Cancer, explains chronic pain after cancer and how to deal with it.

Dr. Maria Cayelli shares information about neuropathic pain: what is it, what causes it and how to manage it.

Katie shares how by helping others in her role as an integrative physical therapist she honors her late father who died of IV lung cancer.

Ani Velasco is a breast cancer survivor who went through multiple procedures and explains how her journey and what helped her.

Tai Chi can help cancer survivors manage post-cancer pain and improve their quality of life.