Get your new year off to a healthy start and join us for #BCCEU on Twitter on Thursday 3 January, 2013 at 8.30 pm, when professional fitness instructor Vanessa Reid will be answering your questions on breast cancer and exercise.
Over the past decade, exercise has emerged as an integral aspect of cancer survivorship and preventing or treating the late effects of therapy. A growing body of evidence suggests that engaging with exercise reduces your risk of recurrence and enhances your ability to live a longer, healthier life.Physical activity can hasten recovery from the immediate side effects of treatment and can prevent long-term effects.
Yet, despite the beneficial evidence, only 32% of breast cancer survivors engage in the recommended level of physical activity. Furthermore, women post breast cancer treatment tend not to achieve pre-treatment physical activity levels. Some of the barriers to engaging in physical activity may be related to ongoing fatigue, lack of confidence and motivation. Concerns about developing lymphedma can also be a significant barrier to exercising, (not helped by different reports of what should/shouldn’t be done to prevent it).
In our next #BCCEU chat we will be…
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My doctor told me to, “‘sweat to burn off estrogen.” Best advice ever – and he hit on what matters most to me, as well. ~Catherine
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Exercise is the one lifstyle change that we know, for a fact, makes a difference in prevention, and a better life after diagnosis. Can’t wait for the twitter chat!
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Exercise is always good for us, so long as we can do fitness at whatever level we are at with treatment. Sorry I am going to miss the BCCEU chat. I would love to hear about it! Meanwhile, Marie I am so glad I am getting to know you through social media. Have a very Happy New Year! Hugs!—-Susan
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Looking forward to the tweet chat on exercise. It’s something positive we can do for ourselves and take control back so any advice is so welcome. I had a marvellous walk on a beach on Christams day and hope for many more of them in 2013…..what do you hope for?
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I’d love to follow along on this chat! What time zone are we talking?
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We would so love to have you there Dr Becker Schutte. It is 8.30 pm GMT/3.30pm EST. Hope you can join us.
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