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

Protecting the health and safety of young athletes

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!

Get your rear in gear & help stop colon cancer

Get your rear in gear & help stop colon cancer

Call your congressman on Tuesday March 30, 2010 and urge them to support the Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment Act. Americans around the country will be calling their legislators as part of the “Congressional Butt-In” a day-long effort organized by C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition. On that day, constituents are urged to flood their legislators offices with phone calls about important programs which would not only save millions of taxpayer dollars, but more importantly, have a positive impact on the number of colon cancer deaths each year.

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