Description Contents Cancer and exercise – the reasons why; Lifestyle, blame and cancer; Exercise/physical activity/moving/fitness – what do we mean?; Why we need to sit still less; How exercise can help with the impact and side effects of cancer treatment: cancer-related fatigue; Mental and emotional health; Bone density, osteopenia and osteoporosis; Weight loss, weight gain, muscle loss, body fat and hormone treatments; Moving through prostate cancer; Lymphoedema; Lungs and breathing; Exercising with an ostomy; Pelvic floor training for men and women; Exercising after breast reconstruction surgery; Exercising with peripheral neuropathy; When – the different phases of cancer: Straight after diagnosis – ‘prehab’; During treatment; While living with secondary cancer; After (primary) treatment; Towards the end of life; My story; What to do, and how: How to start; Active daily living; The exercise prescription; Design your own training plan; Barriers and how to overcome them; When not to exercise; Do what you love; Nordic walking; Upper body strength; HIIT; Running; Active rest and recovery; When things go wrong; The practical section: Getting going; Getting out of puff; Getting strong; Exercises to improve balance; Full body stretch; Resources (UK and Republic of Ireland); References Please follow and like us: Product Details Author Carolyn Garritt Search Inside https://www.book2look.com/book/BzjoICah8f About the AuthorCarolyn Garritt MSc (Public Health and Health Promotion) is a cancer rehabilitation personal trainer and Exercise Lead for the West London Maggie’s Cancer Support Centre. She has been working in this relatively new field for more than seven years and is a qualified personal trainer and instructor in running, boxing, sports conditioning, chair-based exercise and Nordic walking. She has trained hundreds of people recovering from or living with cancer. She also has personal experience of cancer – she helped both her parents to become more active after their cancer diagnoses and in 2020, while she was writing this book, she was diagnosed with breast cancer herself. Please follow and like us:
