Cancer Rehabilitation Centers

Article submitted by Carolyn A. "Cad" Dennehy, Ph.D. founder of Navitas. For more information visit their website, www.navitasinc.com or call 303-426-4633.

Navitas Cancer Rehabilitation Centers of America, Inc. is a Denver-based company that specializes in integrated outpatient cancer rehabilitation services. The centers provide appropriate therapeutic and supportive services to cancer patients and their caregivers. Our individualized and integrated rehabilitation program is an essential part of the cancer care continuum.

It is well documented that nearly all cancer patients experience treatment-related side effects that result in additional medical expense, loss of work time and a decreased quality of life. It is our experience that our services increase a patient's ability to comply with and complete their treatment plan, reduce the number of emergency room and hospital admissions, reduce loss of work time and improve a patient's quality of life.

Cancer patients vary greatly in the symptoms that accompany diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Much like the analysis and decision making that goes into prescribing the appropriate treatment regimen for each patient's individual situation, the Navitas treatment team carefully develops and administers individual therapeutic interventions. Each patient is assessed and prescribed a time dependent intervention with individualized goals. When symptoms or needs change, so do the recommended therapies and the goals for those therapies. Therapeutic intervention, rehabilitation services and lifestyle changes have the potential to treat or reduce the late effects of cancer and cancer treatments and thus should be an integral part of the treatment regimen for all cancer patients.

Each center is staffed by professional cancer care specialists who determine the best approach in addressing the myriad of therapeutic needs patients have during and following their oncology treatments. Navitas services include: Physical and Occupational Therapy, Prescriptive Exercise, Psychological Interventions, Nutritional Counseling, Lymphedema Therapy, Acupuncture, and Relaxation and Stress Management.