Exercise for Cancer Care Workshop

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The Fitness Essentials for Cancer Care Workshop is a comprehensive program that provides valuable information and practical strategies for individuals affected by cancer. It covers various topics, including understanding cancer, its causes and risk factors, staging, types, and treatments along with their side effects. The workshop explores the safety and feasibility of exercise for advanced cancer patients and emphasizes the benefits it offers ...
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Exercise for Cancer Care Workshop

Outline

Module 1: Cancer Pathophysiology

  • Defining Cancer, its possible causes and risk factors

  • Cancer types, staging and most common treatments along with their possible side effects  

Module 2: Exercise Benefits for Cancer Clients

  • Safety and feasibility of exercise for advanced cancer patients 

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Fatigue Level

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Muscular Adaptations

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Mental Health

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Immune System

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Weight Loss

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Bone Health

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Sleep Quality

  • Exercise Benefits for Cancer – Social Support

  • Potential impact of exercise on genetic cancer risk

Module 3: Nutrition and Cancer

  • Importance of Proper Nutrition for Cancer Survivors

  • Relationship between sugar and cancer growth

Module 4: Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Clients

  • ACSM Recommendations for Exercise and Cancer

  • Exercise Recommendations for designing training programs for cancer clients

Approvals

6
7

Requirements

Attend 90% of the workshop duration