The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan
The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan

Author: Carolyn M. Kaelin

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2007-04-10

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 007149040X

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The only breast cancer recovery program designed by a Harvard doctor and survivor and approved by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) Feel healthy again. Regain control of your life. Exciting new research reveals that regular exercise can reduce the chance of breast cancer recurrence and extend your life. Exercise can also help you recover energy, strength, and flexibility diminished by lifesaving breast cancer treatments. Dr. Carolyn Kaelin is a leading breast cancer surgeon who understands the important links among exercise, recovery, and the quality of life--and she is a breast cancer survivor, too. Designed with master trainers Josie Gardner and Joy Prouty, The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan features effective, inspiring workouts tailored for each type of surgery and adapted for differing fitness levels. Feel strong again and Improve your flexibility and balance Rebuild your muscles Protect your bones Enhance your appearance, vitality, and all-around health For more information on Dr. Kaelin about breast cancer treatment and recovery, read her award-winning book Living Through Breast Cancer.

The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan
The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan

Author: Joy Prouty

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780071465786

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The only breast cancer recovery program designed by a Harvard doctor and survivor and approved by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) Feel healthy again. Regain control of your life. Exciting new research reveals that regular exercise can reduce the chance of breast cancer recurrence and extend your life. Exercise can also help you recover energy, strength, and flexibility diminished by lifesaving breast cancer treatments. Dr. Carolyn Kaelin is a leading breast cancer surgeon who understands the important links among exercise, recovery, and the quality of life--and she is a breast cancer survivor, too. Designed with master trainers Josie Gardner and Joy Prouty, The Breast Cancer Survivor's Fitness Plan features effective, inspiring workouts tailored for each type of surgery and adapted for differing fitness levels. Feel strong again and Improve your flexibility and balance Rebuild your muscles Protect your bones Enhance your appearance, vitality, and all-around health For more information on Dr. Kaelin about breast cancer treatment and recovery, read her award-winning book Living Through Breast Cancer.

Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors
Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors

Author: Amy Halverstadt

Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781558321786

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Let this book guide you toward a complete recovery of your presurgery strength, flexibility, energy level, and posture. Regain your confidence and positive self-image as well, with the help of this unique resource developed by two exercise experts and based on their tested EM-POWER exercise course. The book includes 100 pages of exercises divided into four levels of difficulty and illustrated with more than 140 photographs. The book tells you how to assess your readiness for the exercises, set personal goals, and advance through the course at a safe and effective pace. Includes: a concise explanation of breast cancer treatments and the impact these can have on your ability to exercise; Guidelines for identifying and preventing lymphedema; Advice on how to expand your exercise regimen to include aerobic exercise and weight training.

Breast Fitness
Breast Fitness

Author: Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1466875003

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Never before has a book so clearly detailed how exercise can reduce the risk for and recurrence of breast cancer, and how women can incorporate a safe and effective exercise program into their lives to fight against the disease. In clear, accessible language, the expert authors explain: *How to ascertain your breast cancer risk factors *What you can do NOW to prevent Breast Cancer *Detailed diet and exercise programs that will keep you healthy and can save your life *How to detect breast cancer early *Your best lifestyle choices for surviving--and thriving--after diagnosis, and practical steps to maximize your chances of the cancer never coming back. Want to prevent breast cancer or keep it from coming back? With Breast Fitness, Dr. Anne McTiernan, Dr. Julie Gralow, and Dr. Lisa Talbott present the only comprehensive, illustrated guide to the new-found connection between exercise and fighting breast cancer, and what you can do to maximize your chances of living your life breast cancer-free.

Exercises for Cancer Survivors
Exercises for Cancer Survivors

Author: Carol Michaels

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1460233913

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Exercises for Cancer Survivors Stretching and Strength Training Some cancer survivors are under the impression that inactivity will decrease fatigue and speed recovery. However, exercising during and after cancer surgery and treatments is helpful for one’s physical and mental well-being. This book will show you how to improve your recovery. Carol Michaels has over 17 years of experience as a fitness professional and as a cancer exercise specialist. During this time, she has worked with hundreds of cancer patients. Recovery Fitness® was developed from data collected from her fitness training practice and the collaboration of many health professionals. The Recovery Fitness® cancer exercise program is a recommended and empowering method for cancer patients. Praise for Exercises for Cancer Survivors Fitness & Cancer: Helping the Recovery Process “After breast cancer surgery, I advise my patients to take steps in a positive direction and improve their emotional, spiritual and physical health. Our physical bodies carry us through this life and are intimately connected to our emotional and spiritual health. We cannot heal one without the others. I personally have changed my life for the better by starting and maintaining a regular exercise program. Part of my responsibility as a healer is to inspire my patients to take care of their own bodies after breast cancer treatment. Carol Michaels’s sensitive and personal approach to cancer recovery fitness has helped so many of my patients achieve wholeness and the ability to be optimistic about life again. This is a vital part of the recovery process.” Nancy Elliott, MD, FACS Director, Montclair Breast Center A portion of all profits from sales of this book will be donated to charities.

Pilates for Breast Cancer Survivors
Pilates for Breast Cancer Survivors

Author: Naomi Aaronson, MA, OTR/L, CHT, CPI

Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing

Published: 2014-09-23

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1617051950

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No matter where you are in treatment, what side effects you may be experiencing, or your general fitness level, Pilates is a safe and effective way to help you regain flexibility, power, and endurance while relieving treatment side effects such as lymphedema, fatigue, depression, peripheral neuropathy, osteoporosis, and upper extremity impairment. Naomi Aaronson and Ann Marie Turo, occupational therapists and certified Pilates instructors, show you how to use exercises to: Strengthen arms and shoulders and regain your range of motion. Reduce pain and swelling and stretch tight areas affected by scars. Build core strength and back stability, especially important after TRAM or DIEP flap breast reconstruction surgery. Improve balance and coordination. Make it easier to perform basic daily living tasks. Release stress and boost energy. Including programs that can be done lying down, seated, or standing, Pilates for Breast Cancer Survivors will help you achieve maximum wellness, now and throughout your journey living life after cancer.

Cancer Fitness
Cancer Fitness

Author: Anna L. Schwartz

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-06-16

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1439103933

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Increase your survival odds by creating and following an exercise program that counteracts the side effects of your treatment, speeds your recovery, and reduces your risk of recurrence. Most cancer patients and survivors think that "rest" will decrease their fatigue and speed their recovery. But in fact, rest can make patients weak and debilitated during treatment and may prolong hospitalization. Based on Dr. Anna Schwartz's research and her life's work as a nurse and a coach, Cancer Fitness offers cancer patients and survivors comprehensive advice and an easy step-by-step program to begin improving their physical and emotional health and reclaiming their lives beyond cancer. Through exercise, patients will regain some control over their body, manage side effects more successfully, and increase their body's ability to heal. Cancer Fitness provides clear directions to safely start an exercise program, and the tools to make exercise a long-lasting lifestyle change to heal body and soul.

Thriving After Breast Cancer
Thriving After Breast Cancer

Author: Sherry Lebed Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2010-02-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780982531488

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The months following breast cancer treatment can pose a host of emotional and physical challenges. Now, the groundbreaking dance and movement therapy program hailed by more than one hundred hospitals around the country is presented in Thriving After Breast Cancer - an essential guide to healing both body and mind and to recovering your pretreatment energy, strength, flexibility and posture. The "Focus on Healing" program, developed by breast cancer survivor Sherry Davis and her two brothers, both physicians, is a fun, rejuvenating regimen of stretches and dance moves that work to rehabilitate your body, safely and effectively. The simple routines are tailored to relieving pain, restoring flexibility, combating fatigue, emotional recovery, living with lymphedema, developing balance, coping with menopause, exploring your femininity and recovering from reconstruction. Complete with warm-up routines for different sports, mind-body exercises, and nutritional advice, Thriving After Breast Cancer is an uplifting, empowering handbook for every woman who wants to rebuild the life that she loves.