We all work with, or know of women recovering from breast surgery. A very skilled Pilates colleague who has undergone breast cancer surgery in the last 12 months, recently commented that the two videos she found on Pilates for breast surgery clients are not as good as she hoped for. She is working on that though, more on her later. Here is some current information on breast cancer.
Life after breast cancer treatment, ‘the new normal’.
This video shows a number of expert physicians discussing the situation from their perspective.
Arm exercises help breast cancer survivors
The study found that slowly building strength with upper-body weightlifting actually helps relieve some of the arm and hand swelling that affects up to a quarter of breast cancer survivors. Doctors have typically advised women to avoid using the affected arm to lift anything heavier than 6.8 kg, for fear of making the condition worse.American Cancer Society
More resources to include in your reading,
Pilates Pro article by Suzanne Martin.
Pilates and Breast cancer – rebuilding the foundation by P J O’clair.
As an aside, did any of you see Melissa and Ade on SYTYCD last week, they danced contemporary to a theme of breast cancer, very very moving and brilliant.
