Exercises After Radiation Therapy: Your Guide to Head and Neck Radiation Therapy - 09/2021

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."