After our family and friends hear that we have been diagnosed with breast cancer, they often tend to think we should be resting, or at least reducing our activities, and that it’s in our best interests to suddenly become a couch potato.

Actually, just the opposite is true. Some good, old-fashioned exercise is what you need now. Really. Research studies have now shown that exercise, for example, reduces the fatigue that commonly is a side effect of chemotherapy and radiation. We also know that getting your range of motion and arm strength back is critically important after breast cancer surgery.

You don’t have to be lifting weights and marathoning to see results. A range of more humble types of exercise-aerobics, stretching, yoga, swimming, power walking-are all great for you.

Once you get into a routine, you’ll soon find that you feel energized after exerting yourself, and that your surgical wounds are healing better and your immune system is also improving.

So no excuses: Put the potato chip bag down, turn off the TV, get up, and start moving!

]]> http://siddharthatrust.com/2008/exercise-good-for-breast-cancer-patients/feed/ 0 http://siddharthatrust.com/2008/news/ http://siddharthatrust.com/2008/news/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:07:30 +0000 Webmaster http://siddharthatrust.com/?p=19 Siddhartha Sharma Charitable Trust (Regd.) organized 36th Free mega medical Camp at Sharma Hospital, Mall Road, Kapurthala on 05-06-2008 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. where  more than sixteen thousand patients have been checked up till now and free medicines have been provided to all needful. Patients are examined by Medical Specialist Dr. Bimal Sharma, Child Specialist Dr. Abha Mudgil Sharma, Dr. Manisha Sharma MD (USA), ENT Specialist Dr. Aman Kapila, Skin Specialist Dr. Princejit, Dr. Sandeep Bhola, Gynaecologist Dr. Parminder Kaur, Dental Dr. Shyla Bhola and Eye Specialist Dr. Sandeep Dhawan.

The free medical camp was declared open by Sh J.M. Balamurugan IAS DC Kapurthala.
Special Guests included Sh. Rakesh Aggarwal IPS SSP Kapurthala and Sh Ashok Nayyar Civil Surgeon Kapurthala.

Free Test were done. they included FBS (Fasting Blood Sugar), ECG, Mammography, Doppler test, Digital Neuropathy. All were done by super-specialist. Free Medicines were also given to all patients.

On spot painting and essay writing competition was also organized and prizes were given to winner entries each from essay and painting competition. Topics were Global Warming, Female Foeticide and Drug De-Addiction. Certificates were given to all prize winners.