10/26/2022
Cancer…The diagnosis is often followed by disbelief, anger, frustration, fear, and more.
My own family is riddled with cancer, I lost my mother to it, and my dad survived four different kinds.
Today is about how exercise can benefit you through your ordeal of battling cancer.
It depends on your situation, and I strongly recommend following your oncologist's recommendations.
General benefits of exercise during cancer:
👉overall more wellbeing
👉 potentially higher long-term survival rate in patients up to 50-60%
👉 better body composition (more muscle mass) and more strength
👉 better endurance
👉 evidence supports resistance training potentially counteracting some side effects of disease
and treatment
👉preventative against cancer up to 40% reduced incidence
👉 Limit and reverse some of Androgen deprivation therapy
👉 reducing risk for cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and sarcopenia caused by cancer therapy
Those are some massive gains with very little negative feedback.
Here are three examples of why:
One of my female clients going through stage 3 breast cancer treatment continues to keep moving to retain some energy, strength and perseverance.
Another of my clients, this one with skin cancer, who does not like exercise, told me:
“Michael, I feel so much better even though I just do something twice a week for 30 min.”
The third one of my clients with prostate cancer and kidney cancer is feeling better and stronger and has excellent bloodwork. His physician is excited.
Do what you can, when you can. Don’t feel bad when you struggle or need a break!
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