Get moving: Cancer survivors urged to exercise
Cancer survivors, better work up a sweat.
New guidelines are urging survivors to exercise more, even — hard as it may sound — those who haven’t yet finished their treatment.
There’s growing evidence that physical activity improves quality of life and eases some cancer-related fatigue. More, it can help fend off a serious decline in physical function that can last long after therapy is finished.
Consider: In one year, women who needed chemotherapy for their breast cancer can see a swapping of muscle for fat that’s equivalent to 10 years of normal aging, says Dr. Wendy Demark-Wahnefried of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In other words, a 45-year-old may find herself with the fatter, weaker body type of a 55-year-old. (more…)
Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain
The Healing Moves Foundation advisory board member Carol Krucoff, E-RYT has done it again! Her new book, “Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain” will help countless readers cope with the consequences of living in this digital age. Everyday activities like using the computer, driving, texting, and even relaxing with a good book tend to round our bodies forward, creating pain and tension in the neck and shoulders. This wonderful book features simple yoga-based neck and shoulder exercises readers can do at work or at home to release muscle tension and relax when they begin to feel pain. (more…)
Protecting the health and safety of young athletes
The Healing Moves Foundation attended a news conference and official launch of the PPE Campaign and Coalition for Youth Sports Health and Safety at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on May 13, 2010. The purpose of the campaign is to encourage consistent, thorough and high-quality preparticipation physical evaluations for athletes beginning training and competition in sports activities. These medical screenings are extremely important to protect our young athletes. People who appear healthy can often have undetected conditions such as heart problems, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, or concussion complications. A new study by the American College of Sports Medicine finds overwhelming support for consistent medical screening of young athletes to identify if any of these conditions are present before they hit the playing field. Currently, there are no national standards when evaluating students. Each state has a different mandate on the requirements for the PPE. (more…)
Exercise is Medicine Month
The Healing Moves Foundation and the American College of Sports Medicine have teamed up with Governor Jim Gibbons and the State of Nevada to celebrate May as Exercise is Medicine™ Month. Physical activity is a powerful solution to treat or prevent many of today’s health challenges. Exercise can reduce your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. Healing movement can also enhance and speed recovery from illness.
During the month of May, we challenge you to 30 minutes of physical activity each day, no matter what your age or ability! Together we can rise to the challenge to get active for life—a wonderful, healthier life!
A new liver. A new life. A triathlete is born.
My education regarding organ donation came fast and furiously, and after I had received the gift of life. The pink dot has always been on my driver’s license; it seemed like “the right thing to do”. I had no idea the implications of that simple dot. I had no idea of the size of the transplant waiting list. I had no idea of the nature of the decision that would be made by a family faced with honoring the profound vision behind the dot. (more…)