Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast Care

The Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast Care, the first of its kind in Southern Maryland, gives local women access to an experienced team of breast health experts and the most sophisticated technology available today.

Our goal is to provide comprehensive care that is customized to address the unique needs of each patient. In one comfortable and convenient location, our experts provide comprehensive and coordinated care-from outreach and screening to diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.

The Breast Center Offers:

Breast Care Navigator
Latest Imaging Technology
Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment
High-Risk Clinic
Resource Center and more…

Our breast center team meets regularly to share information and insights on complex cases. This multidisciplinary approach means better care for you.

Cancer Rehabilitation

Who are rehabilitation specialists?
Rehabilitation specialists include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, lymphedema specialists, pelvic health therapists, and lymphedema therapists.

When do rehabilitation specialists help people with cancer?

When you have been diagnosed with cancer
While you are in treatment
Once you have completed treatment for cancer

How Do Therapists Help Cancer Survivors?
Common ways rehabilitation therapists help those experiencing cancer include:

Pre-treatment assessment and teaching
Post-treatment assessment and teaching
Alleviating fatigue and deconditioning
Maintaining and improving range of motion
Challenges performing activities of daily living and or pre-treatment activities
Musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain
Swallowing / speech problems
Balance, gait, posture problems and fall prevention
Lymphedema (swelling of a limb due to impaired lymph system)
Cording and scar tissue
Bowel and bladder function
Sexual health function and comfort
When and how to use adaptive equipment
Weight bearing activities

CalvertHealth Rehabilitation
Phone: 410.535.4000
CalvertHealth Outpatient Rehabilitation has three locations: Dunkirk, Prince Frederick and Solomons.

LEARN MORE

Resources
Cancer.Net - What is Cancer Rehabilitation
http://www.cancer.net/survivorship/rehabilitation/what-cancer-rehabilitation