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The goal is to follow the U. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC aerobic activity guidelines as closely as you can during and after treatment. The guidelines recommend minutes per week of moderate-intensity exercise for adults. Or you can do 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity exercise. Strength training. Muscle loss often happens when a person is less active during cancer treatment and recovery.
Some treatments also cause muscle weakness. Strength training, or resistance training, helps you maintain and build strong muscles. Increasing muscle mass can help improve your balance, reduce fatigue, and make it easier to do daily activities. It can also help fight osteoporosis, a weakening of the bones that some cancer treatments can cause. The CDC recommends 2 days of full body strength training each week. A strength training program can include hand weights, exercise machines, resistance bands, and your own body weight.
Learn more about safely strength training and stretching. It is important to take precautions while exercising if you are having side effects from your cancer or its treatment. You may have to change your exercise plan depending on your specific side effects. For example, if treatment is affecting the nerves in your hand, weight machines may be safer to use than hand weights. Or if treatment caused bone loss, you should avoid exercises that put strain on the neck and raise your risk of falling.
Progress slowly. And, she says, it's getting easier to find cancer exercise trainers certified by the American College of Sports Medicine who specialize in working with both people undergoing cancer treatment and cancer survivors. There is a problem with information submitted for this request.
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Your secret weapon during cancer treatment? Products and services. Exercise has been shown to improve cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, body composition, fatigue, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, happiness, and several quality of life factors in cancer survivors. Studies of people with breast , colorectal , and prostate cancers suggest that physically active cancer survivors have a lower risk of cancer recurrence and improved survival compared with those who are inactive.
Physical activity may also help people whose cancer has spread or has become advanced and cannot be cured. Exercise may improve physical function, decrease fatigue, and improve quality of life.
Whether you can tolerate more physical activity will depend on your type and stage of cancer, side effects you might have, your current physical ability, and any other health problems.
Before starting new activities and being more active, check with your cancer care team about whether it is safe for you to do so. Always check with your health care team before starting any exercise program, especially if you have any of the following:. Some people can safely begin or maintain their own exercise program, but many will have better results with the help of an exercise specialist, physical therapist, or exercise physiologist. They can also help you figure out how often and how long you should exercise.
When starting to get active or becoming more active, there are some important things to think about. How much you should exercise is different for each person.
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