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Moving through cancer an exercise and strength-training program for the fight of your life

"Dr. Kathryn Schmitz overturned years of entrenched dogma and conventional wisdom that told breast cancer survivors to avoid upper body exercise with the publication of two ground-breaking scientific papers in the most prestigious medical journals in the world, the New England Journal of Medicine an...

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Main Authors: Schmitz, Kathryn (Author), Miller, Gabriel (Food writer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Prism, [2021]
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Cancer > Exercise therapy.
Cancer > Physical therapy.
Cancer > Prevention.
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Summary:"Dr. Kathryn Schmitz overturned years of entrenched dogma and conventional wisdom that told breast cancer survivors to avoid upper body exercise with the publication of two ground-breaking scientific papers in the most prestigious medical journals in the world, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the ensuing decade, Dr. Schmitz has made it her personal mission to use exercise for cancer prevention and recovery, for all cancers, in the same way it has been used for heart disease-only better. Her experiences with the thousands of cancer patients she has treated during two decades researching the physical and mental benefits of exercise, have led to the simple program at the heart of this book: MOVE, LIFT, EAT, and SLEEP. Together with creating a daily log to track how patients are feeling, these five steps have the potential to transform the cancer journey. And science has shown that taking these steps can also improve one's chances of beating cancer and preventing cancer from coming back"--
Physical Description:258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781797210254
1797210254
9781797210315
1797210319
Author Notes:Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, is the Associate Director of population sciences at the Penn State Cancer Institute and past president at the American College of Sports Medicine. Her protocols for exercise in cancer care are already being used by several major institutions and practitioners. Dr. Schmitz has made it her personal mission to use exercise for cancer prevention and recovery, for all cancers. Dr. Schmitz holds a BA in economics from the University of North Carolina, an MS in exercise physiology from Queens College, a PhD in kinesiology from the University of Minnesota, and an MPH from the University of Minnesota. She is also an in-demand speaker for cancer patients and physicians around the world. She has given presentations about her work at conferences like the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the International Society of Lymphology, and the American Cancer Society. She has also been featured on Good Morning America and NPR and in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal .

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