Comments on: Get Off Your Ass! http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2010/06/get-off-your-ass/ Blogs from OncoLink Cancer Resources Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Web Media http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2010/06/get-off-your-ass/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Mike Web Media Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:21:50 +0000 http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=644#comment-1185 Couldnt be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks again for sharing this free online Couldnt be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks again for sharing this free online

]]> By: Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2010/06/get-off-your-ass/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:14:08 +0000 http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=644#comment-1126 After surgery, you should talk with the surgeon about when it is safe to start exercising and ask if it would be appropriate to get input from a physical therapist on what you can safely do after surgery. This is because of the risk of issues with wound healing, but in some cases such as post mastectomy, exercise is important to regain full use of the arm/shoulder. So, it depends on the type of surgery you had as to what you should or should not do. However, there have been some recent shifts in what is thought to be best for people during & after treatment. It used to be that we told people to take it easy, but that is not the case anymore. We now know the importance of moderate exercise during & after treatment. Read more about the recent fuss over all this here: http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=14746 Hope that helps! After surgery, you should talk with the surgeon about when it is safe to start exercising and ask if it would be appropriate to get input from a physical therapist on what you can safely do after surgery. This is because of the risk of issues with wound healing, but in some cases such as post mastectomy, exercise is important to regain full use of the arm/shoulder. So, it depends on the type of surgery you had as to what you should or should not do.

However, there have been some recent shifts in what is thought to be best for people during & after treatment. It used to be that we told people to take it easy, but that is not the case anymore. We now know the importance of moderate exercise during & after treatment. Read more about the recent fuss over all this here: http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home_Page&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=14746

Hope that helps!

]]> By: alexandra45 http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/index.php/2010/06/get-off-your-ass/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 alexandra45 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:04:33 +0000 http://www.oncolink.org/blogs/?p=644#comment-1119 How soon and how much a person needs to exercise after cancer-related surgery? Before, during, and after chemiotherapy? Is it a physician suggestion or a person needs to ask about amount and availability of exercising, in other words, does a patient need to be proactive or it is a part of the therapy? Thank you. How soon and how much a person needs to exercise after cancer-related surgery? Before, during, and after chemiotherapy? Is it a physician suggestion or a person needs to ask about amount and availability of exercising, in other words, does a patient need to be proactive or it is a part of the therapy?

Thank you.

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