Via an archery programme, Flechas de Vida (Arrows of Life), archery instructors are treating post-surgery situations together with lymphedema in breast most cancers survivors.
Lymphedema is a long-term situation that causes swelling within the physique’s tissues.
The vibrations of strings on a bow act as lymphatic drainage which prevents the event of the situation and helps get well mobility of the higher limbs.
Archery instructors, Alejandra Borsani and Andrea Castroman launched the free rehabilitation programme in Might 2023 for mastectomy sufferers.
“Up to now, 123 sufferers have participated,” Borsani and Castroman have been quoted as saying. “We began in Might 2023 with two sufferers and as we speak there are 42 lively sufferers, and now we have a ready listing of greater than 100 ladies.”
The programme is accessible to all breast most cancers survivors, a yr after surgical procedure. These sufferers have entry to take part within the programme in all archery golf equipment all through the nation for six months.
Though at present working solely in Uruguay, programme organisers hope to increase it to different international locations throughout South and Central America to present entry to breast most cancers survivors in these areas.
