The MD Anderson nurses taught my husband to do mouth and neck exercises at the beginning of Rad Tx (IMRT) - we just finished week 4 (yeah!). He doesn't do them very often I think because he doesn't feel any changes in his muscles yet.

When does the tightness start? Is it during tx or afterwards as things heal?

Should I "make" him do these exercises? He has an app't with a speech therapist today - perhaps she'll discuss this with him.