This blog discusses the specific exercise benefits for those living with breast cancer, how much exercise you should be aiming for, and also considerations for those who are wanting to start exercising following a breast cancer diagnosis.
Exercise During Chemotherapy – Helping you ease the impact
Due to the debilitating side effects that can often accompany chemotherapy treatment exercising might seem like the last thing on your agenda. But what if we told you that exercise can actually help with mitigating these terrible side effects? Here we explain why everyone should be exercising during chemotherapy and how to do it safely and effectively. What is chemotherapy? …
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month – Jo’s Story
June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel Cancer affects 1 in 13 Australians and is the second deadliest cancer in Australia. Sadly, Bowel Cancer is becoming more common in young people like Jo who was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer just before her 30th birthday. Jo started with Movement Against Cancer (MAC) in the middle of last year and we recently had a chat with Jo about her experience being a young person diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Exercise as Medicine: The Prescription Your Side Effects Don’t Want You to Know About
What if I told you we had something readily available that would assist with reducing the impact of cancer-related side effects? This blog explains that it may not be as crazy as it first sounds..
How Much Exercise Should I Be Doing?: Let Us Guide You Through It
Ok we get it, we get it… there are guidelines and we need to follow them. But who actually decided on these guidelines? And more importantly what do these guidelines mean and why do they exist?
Beyond the Badge – Practitioner Profile: Michael Czaplowski
Take us down the path that led you to become an EP? Growing up I played every sport under the sun and I wanted to channel this love of sport into something I could do on a day to day basis. Unfortunately, I was slightly above average at multiple sports but nothing I could make a career out of. During …
Beyond the Badge – Practitioner Profile: Kate Williams
Take us down the path that led you to become an EP? Growing up I had a love of competitive sport and the way the body could be trained to facilitate performance. 3 years of an undergraduate degree came and went and I still didn’t really know exactly where I wanted to steer my career. I started working in the …
Improving the Odds: Can Exercise Increase My Life Span?
We freely admit this headline was designed to grab your attention. After all, wouldn’t it be great if we could prescribe you a ‘pill’ that could help reduce your risk of death, without the side effects of other treatments; that in fact gave you positive side effects (such as improved fitness, enhanced energy and reduced pain)? Well, yes. But can …
Roadblocks to Speed Humps: Breaking Through Barriers to Exercise
Beginning a new physical activity regime can be an incredibly daunting thing. Not knowing where to start, which types of exercise to do or how to perform them, facing the intimidation of a gym, weather, lack of time, a dislike of exercise and just a general absence of motivation are common things that stand in the way of people moving …
Resistance Exercise: How to Incorporate Strength Training Into Your Routine
Last month we talked about the benefits of resistance (or strength training) exercise during and after treatment. Hopefully if you are already undertaking this type of exercise, it has underlined the importance of persisting with it, and if you’re not already doing it, we’ve motivated you to get started! … So where is that exactly? Where should I go? First …