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    Exercise Helps Ease Joint Pain in Cancer Survivors
    Jacqueline Sinke | ACSM/ACS Cancer Exercise
    • Nov 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    Exercise Helps Ease Joint Pain in Cancer Survivors

    Joint pain or joint stiffness (arthralgia) is a common side effect of many types of cancer treatment. According to CureToday.com issue 10.18, for some survivors of breast cancer, treatment to prevent cancer recurrence such as aromatase inhibitors lead to joint pain so severe that the survivors choose to stop taking the drug. Exercise interventions to improve continuation of and adherence to hormonal therapy may be critical to improve breast cancer survival. Exercise is assoc
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    Resistance Training and Cancer
    Jacqueline Sinke | ACSM EP-C
    • Feb 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    Resistance Training and Cancer

    Exercise and in particular resistance training or strength training is know to reduce or prevent the adverse affects of cancer treatment such as chronic fatigue, body fat weight gain, physical impairment, bone loss, lymphedema, and a lower quality of life, Receive Positive Health Benefits Resistance training exercise for cancer patients and survivors with acute and late side effects from treatment (e.g. surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy) can provide positive impacts on
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    EXERCISE AND LYMPHEDEMA
    Jacqueline Sinke| ACSM/ACS Cancer Exercise Trainer
    • Jan 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    EXERCISE AND LYMPHEDEMA

    Lymphedema can develop months or years after cancer treatment and can be triggered by infection, repetitive motion, air travel, insect bites, vigorous massage or obesity. Exercise stimulates changes in pressure from muscle contractions or deep breathing which enhances lymphatic flow. Extensive research shows that in breast cancer survivors with lymphedema a slow progressive resistance training program had no significant effect on limb swelling and resulted in a decreased inci
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