Brain Tumour
Primary (benign vs malignant) and secondary (metastasis)
Symptoms depends on tumour size and location
How will the brain tumour affect me?
- Muscle weakness
- Poor balance and fall
- Walking difficulty
- Easily fatigue and reduced physical tolerance
- Reduced functional mobility and independence
- Memory loss, change in mental, behaviour or personality
- Headache, nausea, vomiting
- Seizure
How can we help you with rehabilitation?
Improve mobility and strength
- Stretching and mobilisation
- Resistance training
- Head/neck control training
- Gait re- education
Fall prevention
- Balance training
- Fall prevention strategies
Enhance functional independence
- Bed mobility and transfer practice
- Provision of aids
Manage fatigue
- Endurance training
- Fitness training
Promote community reintegration
- Provision of home exercise programme
- Carergiver education