
“What’s the one thing I should Start doing NOW as it relates to Exercise for Cancer?”
How to Exercise for Cancer
Exercise programming for cancer may mirror the growth in the US in alternative medicine and self help. A report in Alternative Therapies Journal by Van deCreek et al suggests that exercise is second only to prayer as the top forms of complimentary therapies that breast cancer survivors have interest in (prayer=84%, exercise=76%) and actually participate in as part of their recovery (prayer=76%, exercise=38%). Secondly, the passage of the Balanced Budget Act in 1998 has curtailed many acute rehabilitation programs in the US. Therefore, many therapists are looking for programs to provide to their patients to expand their level of clinical services. In 1996, the publication of the US Surgeon General