Training and breast cancer

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Today there are so many benefits of physical activity, we do not know to what extent can benefit us. Breast cancer is a common occurrence among women and according to some study training has benefits for this.

Here we will highlight some features that occur before and after training:

BEFORE

• Arm swelling
• Physical Limitations
• Weight gain
• Fatigue related cancer Poor Quality of Life
• Chemo-brain 
• depression
• Ansiety
• Sleep disturbance
• Cardiac diamage
• VO2 levels reduction
• Bone mass loss
• Muscle mass loss
• Articular pain

AFTER

• Chemo-brain reduced
• Less psychological symptom
• Improve cardiac function
• VO2 levels increases 
• Improve bone mass
• Increase muscle mass
• Reduce articular pain
• Arm swelling reduction
• Physical function recovery
• Weight loss
• Reduce fatigue related cancer improve quality of life

The exercises recomended are as following:

Physical activity intervention

• Articular soft movements and stretching.
• Aerobic exercise with intensity changes
• Resistance exercise of upper-body limbs and legs
• Impact activities
• Group clases

IMPORTANT:  Running away from side effects: physical exercise as a complementary intervention for breast cancer patients

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