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This handout supplies information to help recovery after lung surgery with clamshell approach. Included are incision precautions, instructions about restricted activities, tips on how to add or keep exercise in the lifestyle, and advice on when to slow down, delay exercising, or call the health care provider.

This handout supplies information to help recovery after lung surgery with thoracotomy incision. Included are incision precautions, instructions about restricted activities, tips on how to add or keep exercise in the lifestyle, and advice on when to slow down, delay exercising, or call the health care provider.

Your health care providers recommend you exercise regularly as part of your recovery. Talk with your physical therapist or primary care provider about the details of your exercise program. This handout will help guide you while you recover after surgery. It also explains how to increase your activities safely.

Getting regular exercise is an important part of your recovery. This handout will help you increase your activities safely after your robot-assisted heart surgery.

This handout gives activity goals and precautions to follow during and after your oncology treatment.

This handout explains how to use the RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) scale to check how hard you are exercising and stay at a safe, low to moderate effort level. It also reminds you to contact your doctor or healthcare provider if you have any questions or concerns.

This handout is a guide to Exercise Tolerance Tests, Treadmill Stress Echocardiograms, and Bicycle Stress Echocardiograms. This explains what exercise stress tests are and what to expect if you are having one.

This handout explains a test that will help your doctor assess your heart health. For this test, you will receive an injection, have pictures taken of your chest, and exercise on a treadmill. Radionuclide imaging is a way for us to see inside your heart. It is also called a radioisotope scan.

This handout gives instructions for neck, jaw, and face exercises for patients who have had radiation therapy to this area. The exercises are design to help keep normal movement in the neck and jaw, prevent contractures (shortening of the soft tissue or muscle), and keep fluid from gathering in the treatment area. This document is also a chapter in the manual "Your Guide to Head and Neck Radiation Therapy."

This handout explains exercises to help strengthen a sprained ankle.

This handout gives exercises you can do at home to help improve movement and ease pain in your back and hips.

This handout explains why and how to express milk before having your baby. Talk with your provider before you start to hand-express your breast milk, to make sure it is a good option for you.

This handout explains how staff help keep patients safe during their hospital stay. It includes tips for walking safely.