Exercises for Cancer Wellness: Restoring Energy and Vitality While Fighting Fatigue - Softcover

Smith, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578265711 ISBN 13: 9781578265718

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press, 2015

Synopsis

IMPROVE YOUR ENERGY AND STRENGTH WITH EXERCISE

Exercise helps to build a stronger, healthier you, better suited to combat the symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and its treatments.

Exercises for Cancer Wellness is your guide to making positive life changes during and after cancer treatment, helping to lessen the risks of recurrence or relapse, while increasing your strength and energy.

Exercises for Cancer Wellness is fine-tuned to improve your fitness without strain, pain and stiffness. With a focus on gentle resistance exercises, flexibility, and cardiovascular activities, you will find yourself feeling better each day, as your strength increases and your fatigue decreases.

Exercises for Cancer Wellness includes:
- A detailed overview of how exercise can help reduce your risk factors
- Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
- Detailed instructions on how to perform each movement
- A complete fitness approach to reduce stress and improve health
- A training log to track your progress

Leveraging a wide spectrum of proven-effective exercise techniques, from resistance training to yoga, Exercises for Cancer Wellness provides an excellent resource for all patients.

About this title

About the Author

William Smith, MS, CSCS, MEPD, has been working in healthcare and wellness, including medically-based exercise therapy for elderly, pre- and post-rehabilitative, and special needs clients for many years. Will is a recognized national expert in health and wellness and has lectured at recognized centers of wellness including Canyon Ranch. Will currently teaches at UMDNJ Physical Therapy at Rutgers University and works for a top-rated healthcare system in New Jersey.

Kenneth Adler, M.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the New Jersey Medical School and Associate Member of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. After receiving his medical education at Albany Medical College of Union University, Dr. Adler went on to specialize in Hematology-Oncology, and currently serves as Attending Physician in Hematology-Oncology at the Carol Simon Cancer Center in Morristown, New Jersey. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, The Oncology Society of New Jersey, The American Society of Hematology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He is currently Chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research, and a member of Regional Cancer Care Associates.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578265711
• ISBN 13: 9781578265718
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112