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How to Create the First 2 Weeks of Exercise Programming for Head and Neck Cancer Patients When you begin to work with a new client, especially a cancer survivor, the first 2 weeks are incredibly important in setting the stage for a longer-term program. This example 2 week…
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Exercise and Cancer Survivorship - The Next Step "Cancer survivorship - it's not really about getting back to normal, but really it is establishing what their 'new' normal looks like." Exercise and Cancer Survivorship – The Next Step If you have personally gone through cancer surgery/treatment, you will…
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Exercise Programming - Thyroid Cancer Individualized exercise programming helps thyroid cancer patients manage side-effects of surgery and treatment. John received a referral for a woman with early stage thyroid cancer. He's been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for six months but has not had any experience working with thyroid…
Continue Reading→Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month – Know the Signs
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month As a 36-year thyroid cancer myself, I wanted to share this timely information with you. Thyroid cancer occurs in the cells of the thyroid — a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck, just below your Adam's apple. Your thyroid produces hormones…
Continue Reading→Exercise and Cancer Survivorship – The Next Step
Exercise and Cancer Survivorship – The Next Step If you have personally gone through cancer surgery/treatment, you will understand what I am about to share with you. At the end of active treatment, many survivors often have mixed emotions that range from relief that their treatment is over…
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Guarantee or Hopeful Possibility; does a Cancer Patient Discriminate? I was fifteen when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time. I had very little knowledge of the world as I know it now; and certainly knew nothing about my mothers’ diagnosis. Over the next…
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