Cancer Patients Benefit Twice by Exercising
By Guest Blogger Melanie Bowen
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Exercise is one of the best ways to motivate and inspire people. A good workout releases endorphins, which improve a person’s mood. Your primary care physician will tell you that a positive mindset helps people overcome the worst things that could befall them. Therefore, the recent finding by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) comes as no surprise. It says that exercise is good for cancer patients.
Whether you’re having radiation treatments for mesothelioma or chemotherapy for prostate cancer, exercise can help with your recovery from the disease and the recuperation from the treatment. Just as those who suffered a heart attack are given a structured exercise program to help them strengthen their coronary systems, Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, of the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center, is looking forward to the day when cancer patients are also encouraged to adopt an exercise program.
Cancer patients benefit from exercise in various ways. In some patients, the exercise helps them control their weight. If the patient no longer has an appetite due to chemotherapy, the exercise will prompt a healthy hunger, which motivates the patient to eat.
In addition to the physical effects that an exercise program has for cancer patients, working out has a terrific effect on the patient’s mindset. In many ways, this is even more important than the physical benefits. Patients who are undergoing harsh treatments for cancer may experience deep depression. This depression can be lessened through successful participation in an exercise program. Patients stop thinking about their treatments for a little while, and as their endurance improves and their strength increases, they regain a sense of pride. This sort of positive mental reinforcement goes a long way in the recuperative period of a cancer patient.
Dr. Rachel Ballard-Barbash, of the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, says that exercise gives cancer patients a higher quality of life.It helps to motivate them to want to take additional steps to recover faster. Those patients with the greatest desire to recuperate spend more time working on their recovery. They also put more into their workouts, which means that they get more out of the time they spend exercising.
Exercise may not be a magic bullet for cancer, but more cancer specialists are recommending that their patients incorporate exercise into their recuperation regimen. The psychosomatic benefits of working out are especially dramatic for those recovering from cancer.
http://www.mesothelioma.com/blog/authors/melanie/
Exercise is one of the best ways to motivate and inspire people. A good workout releases endorphins, which improve a person’s mood. Your primary care physician will tell you that a positive mindset helps people overcome the worst things that could befall them. Therefore, the recent finding by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) comes as no surprise. It says that exercise is good for cancer patients.
Whether you’re having radiation treatments for mesothelioma or chemotherapy for prostate cancer, exercise can help with your recovery from the disease and the recuperation from the treatment. Just as those who suffered a heart attack are given a structured exercise program to help them strengthen their coronary systems, Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, of the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center, is looking forward to the day when cancer patients are also encouraged to adopt an exercise program.
Cancer patients benefit from exercise in various ways. In some patients, the exercise helps them control their weight. If the patient no longer has an appetite due to chemotherapy, the exercise will prompt a healthy hunger, which motivates the patient to eat.
In addition to the physical effects that an exercise program has for cancer patients, working out has a terrific effect on the patient’s mindset. In many ways, this is even more important than the physical benefits. Patients who are undergoing harsh treatments for cancer may experience deep depression. This depression can be lessened through successful participation in an exercise program. Patients stop thinking about their treatments for a little while, and as their endurance improves and their strength increases, they regain a sense of pride. This sort of positive mental reinforcement goes a long way in the recuperative period of a cancer patient.
Dr. Rachel Ballard-Barbash, of the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, says that exercise gives cancer patients a higher quality of life.It helps to motivate them to want to take additional steps to recover faster. Those patients with the greatest desire to recuperate spend more time working on their recovery. They also put more into their workouts, which means that they get more out of the time they spend exercising.
Exercise may not be a magic bullet for cancer, but more cancer specialists are recommending that their patients incorporate exercise into their recuperation regimen. The psychosomatic benefits of working out are especially dramatic for those recovering from cancer.
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