Four rounds of chemotherapy over 3 months …and this was after cancer had already eaten away 13 kg of her body! After 6+ months of cancer, cancer scans, cancer appointments, cancer treatment, and pushing through the full cancer experience, physically, mentally, emotionally, Sarah * was keen to just get back to a normal life. But […]
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Currently, 1 in 2 people in Australia and NZ will be diagnosed with Cancer by the time they’re 85 (1). That’s a flip of a coin. Naturally, there is a lot of work going into figuring out how to change the odds. Genetics, medications, treatment, environment, and lifestyle, including exercise, all playing a role. Exercise
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Last financial year Life Insurance companies all over Australia paid over 1.55 Billion dollars to Cancer claims. As you Claims Consultants, Case Managers, Rehab Consultants, Rehab Advisors and Recovery Specialists read this, we know you care. We know you care about the outcome for these customers. Just like you, we feel good about having the opportunity
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check in with your friends, brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins and if you’re a man – check in with yourself!
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“After fighting the fight of my life, taking a year and a half to recover and then having to return back to full time work, it seemed like an impossible task at times. Now looking back and after having just completed my first full week at work, I can honestly say the rehabilitation and strength
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Part 1 showed you the physiological benefits of exercise before, during and after cancer. Now, let’s get a bit nerdier and look at the physiology of HOW exercise can help treat cancer. The are 2 leading theories are: 1. Increased Blood Flow The amazing effects of exercise include improved blood flow through improving the health of
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June is Cancer Research Month. Although cancer survival rates have remarkably improved over the last decade, continued research is required to find more effective treatments and prevention strategies. Current research coming out about cancer explores various treatments including vaccines and immunotherapies as well nutritional therapy to best support the internal environment, and of course, exercise.
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From Specialised Health’s Exercise Physiologist, Ms Jennifer Smallridge: In our previous email, we gave a comprehensive background of bowel and colorectal cancer, in light of the Decembeard initiative by Bowel Cancer Australia. In this update, you will find out why a multidisciplinary approach to bowel cancer works, and how best to provide support from a
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“DecemBeard” – Raising Awareness for Bowel Cancer Australia 1st – 31st December 2017 From Specialised Health’s Exercise Physiologist, Jennifer Smallridge: Aside from Santa Claus, you might be seeing a few more beards around in December, thanks to Bowel Cancer Australia’s “DecemBeard” campaign. For the fifth year running, DecemBeard encourages men to grow their facial hair
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From Specialised Health’s Exercise Physiologist Jennifer Smallridge: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among Australian women – the chances are that you’ve been involved in a case with a breast cancer survivor. Fortunately, 89 out of 100 women1 diagnosed with invasive breast cancer
