Cancer and Exercise

Sorry if I sent you this twice. Pushed the wrong button.

If you have a client that is recovering from cancer, this may interest you:

What are 3 things that a fitness professional should do with a
client recovering from cancer?

You can get the answer here:

==> http://exercisesforinjuries.com/3-keys-to-cancer-exercises/ <==

Rick Kaselj, MS

P.S. - My friend, Dean has finished up his cancer and exercise
program for fitness professionals. You can get details on the
cancer and exercise program here:

==> http://www.bestcancerexercises.com/ <==



































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Preventing the "C" Word by Exercising

Guess what exercise can help prevent?

Cancer.

Are you afraid of cancer?

Do you know someone that has had cancer?

Why are you not exercising?

- Rick

Exercise key to cutting cancer risk
More you do, better your chances
Jill Barker, For Canwest News ServicePublished: Monday, October 13, 2008

Chalk up another reason to exercise. More and more research suggests that physical activity plays a key role in reducing the risk of some forms of cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society, obesity, inactivity and an unhealthy diet are second only to tobacco use when it comes to major risk factors for cancer.

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Pills Don't Prevent Cancer, Duh.

Do you think a mechanic would say,

"To prevent your car's engine from seizing up, make sure you keep filling up the windshield wiper fluid."

It is on the same path as thinking that taking pills will prevent you from getting cancer.

Guess what, read the last sentence of the article and it says what you need to know about preventing cancer:

"Doctors recommend a healthy diet, exercise, weight management and not smoking to reduce cancer risk."

Vitamins E and C don't prevent cancer, landmark study finds
November 17, 2008 - Canwest News Service - Sharon Kirkey

Nearly 10 years of testing on thousands of doctors show two hugely popular vitamins don't prevent cancer.

In the latest antioxidant letdown, researchers who followed nearly 15,000 male physicians found no evidence vitamin E or vitamin C supplements protect against cancer.

Millions of Canadians - an estimated 10 to 15 per cent of adults - take the supplements, .....

Doctors recommend a healthy diet, exercise, weight management and not smoking to reduce cancer risk.

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Muscular Strength Decrease Death In Men

Muscular strength in men is linked to lower risk of mortality. They recommend that people don't cut out cardiovascular fitness for just strength training but for each to be done.

Muscular Strength in Men Linked to Lower All-Cause and Cancer Mortality

July 15, 2008 - Medscape - by Laurie Barclay

Muscular strength is linked with death from all causes and cancer in men, even after adjustment for cardiorespiratory fitness, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported in the July 12 Online First issue of the BMJ.

"Resistance exercise training increases muscular strength and is currently prescribed by major health organisations for improving health and fitness," write Jonatan R. Ruiz, from Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge, Sweden, and colleagues. "Likewise, cardiorespiratory fitness provides strong and independent prognostic information about the overall risk of illness and death in adults across a broad spectrum of ages. . . . Several prospective studies have shown that muscular strength is inversely associated with all cause mortality."

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Running Maybe the New Drug Fighting Cancer and Heart Disease

I love to run.

I hear a lot of reason why one should not run but this is a great reason to run.

Does Running Slow the Aging Clock?

The Canadian Press – August 12, 2008

Regular running appears to reduce the risk not only of heart disease, but also delay cancer and other illnesses, according to a study that began tracking people over the age of 50 back in 1984. People who ran an average of about four hours a week when the study started were compared with a control group of healthy people who weren't regular runners. After 21 years of follow-up, researchers have found that everyone has more ailments, but the onset of such problems began later for the runners.

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Does Running Reduce Heart Disease

Does running slow the aging clock?

The Canadian Press – August 12, 2008

Regular running appears to reduce the risk not only of heart disease, but also delay cancer and other illnesses, according to a study that began tracking people over the age of 50 back in 1984. People who ran an average of about four hours a week when the study started were compared with a control group of healthy people who weren't regular runners. After 21 years of follow-up, researchers have found that everyone has more ailments, but the onset of such problems began later for the runners.

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Increasing Weight Leads to Increase Cancer Risk

Watch Your Weight to Decrease Your Breast Cancer Risk

Oct 23, 2007 - by Dr. Marla Shapiro

Today, a new study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that made me sit up and take notice. It looked at weight gain as a risk factor for post-menopausal breast cancer risk.

We have known for some time that obesity is indeed a risk factor for post-menopausal breast cancer, but what was unique about this study is that it looked at the concept of weight gain in the early reproductive years (18-35), late reproductive years (35-50), perimenopause, and the menopausal period of time (50 years and up).

Women who were not obese or overweight at 18 but were at ages 35 and 50 had a 1.4 times the risk of developing breast cancer compared with women who maintained a normal weight. With weight gain between as little as 2 to 10 kg, according to the journal article, from age 50 to present age (which is the perimenopausal and menopausal period) the risk of breast cancer was
increased by 30%.

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Keywords - Obesity, Cancer

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Fitness & Rehab Conference Presenter Featured in Georgia Straight

Fitness & Rehab Conference Presenter Featured in Georgia Straight

Alfred Ball, who presented "Balance Bodies for Improved Performance and Injury Prevention" at the Fall 2007 Fitness & Rehab Conference, was featured in the Georgia Straight in Volume 42.

Healthy Obsession
Georgia Straight -Health Features - January 3, 2008 - By Charlie Smith

The CMAJ paper cited more than 100 epidemiological studies linking routine physical activity with a reduction in certain types of cancers. Cancer-related mortality rates were 29 percent higher for inactive middle-aged women than for their peers who were physically active. For men
and women who were active, the relative risk of colon cancer fell 30 to 40 percent, and for women who were physically active, there was a 20- to 30-percent reduction in the relative risk of breast cancer.

A large study published last October in the Archives of Internal Medicine carried grim news for women who gain weight as adults. The researchers examined data from almost 100,000 postmenopausal women. Those who were not obese at the age of 18 but who were obese between the ages of 35 and 50 were 1.4 times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who maintained their weight. The good news was that for those women who lost weight, their
risk of breast cancer was the same as for those who maintained a stable weight.

Even if you're suffering from a chronic disease or an injury, it's possible to remain active and enjoy the benefits of exercise, according to Alfred Ball, chair of continuing education with the British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists. Ball's company, Life Moves Health and Fitness, specializes in creating programs for people with chronic conditions, including clients
with claims against the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.

"The first step is to do a consultation and get a basic history and see what other treatments they have sought, and what they have done for exercise in the past," Ball said. "From there, I'll usually do some movement-screening to see how well they move, and some strength-testing, depending on the area of injury…and develop a plan from there."

He said that for those with chronic diseases, the biggest error is either doing too much exercise or doing none at all. He noted that the body often tightens up around an injured area to protect itself, and more problems arise when the person makes adjustments to compensate. "The body is a connected piece," Ball said. "When you have injuries in one place, there
will be reactions in other places as well."

Ball, who operates out of the North Shore Fitness World, sometimes recommends one-on-one Pilates to ensure clients don't overdo it at first. He said that the next step is to focus on strengthening the client's basic core muscles. One of the biggest challenges for paraplegics or quadriplegics is ensuring they do enough cardiovascular exercises, he added, noting that
there are rowing machines and bicycles that can help.

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Key Words – Alfred Ball, Fitness & Rehab Conference, Georgia Straight, Physical Activity, Cancer, Obesity, BCAK,
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Cancer Rates Falling

Cancer Rates Falling

Reuters Life! - October 15, 2007 - By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) - Death rates from cancer continue to fall in the United States, dropping more than 2 percent per year from 2002 through 2004, cancer experts reported Monday.

They found important declines in deaths from lung, prostate and colorectal cancers in men, as well as in breast and colon cancer among women. Lung cancer deaths were still on the rise among women but this increase slowed, according to the report.

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