The American Cancer Society, The American College of Sports Medicine, The National Cancer Institute, and a host of cancer researchers report that cancer rehabilitation is an important factor in preventing cancer treatment side effects. Rehabilitation Systems, as clinical rehabilitation program developers, is focused on training your restorative professionals to recover the functional independence of your cancer patient population.
Cancer rehabilitation is an evidence-based clinical pathway that we have developed into a user friendly package for your rehabilitation organization. Professionals are trained to tailor services to the unique and dynamic needs and interests of cancer patients. Cancer rehabilitation has been demonstrated to be safe and effective regardless of cancer patients’ previous activity levels.
Exercise rehabilitation is now an evidence–based practice recommendation for anyone newly diagnosed or recovering from cancer treatment. A large body of research supports exercise programs to complement and fortify cancer treatment. Cancer rehabilitation is a “standard of care” for anyone going through or recovering from cancer therapy who seeks greater functional independence and quality of life. Cancer rehabilitation is particularly beneficial as most people need help safely exercising while under overwhelming emotional and physical stress. Activity, not rest, should be encouraged to reduce the side-effects associated with cancer treatments. – Anna Schwartz, PhD, FNP, FAAN
Cancer to pass heart disease as No. 1 killer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer is on pace to supplant heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death worldwide in 2010, with a growing burden in poor countries thanks to more cigarette smoking and other factors, global health experts said on Tuesday.
"The global cancer burden doubled in the last 30 years of the 20th century, and it is estimated that this will double again between 2000 and 2020 and nearly triple by 2030," according to the report.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0918012220081209
However, the good news is…
Increasing cancer survivorship to 65% over the last two decades has transformed cancer from death sentence to chronic disease which has made health care practitioners and patients more aware of the need to attend to functional deficits and quality-of-life issues. Rehabilitation medicine specialists have responded by developing new models of cancer rehabilitation that preserve and promote function during all phases of disease and treatment. - Deborah Julie Franklin, Ph.D., MD
Benefits of Cancer Rehabilitation
- Improved quality of life
- Reduced fatigue
- Increased energy
- Greater endurance
- Increased muscular strength
- Decreased anxiety
- Enhanced self-image
- Sense of control
- Reduction of pain
- Decreased fear
- Stronger immune system
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For cancer patients who cannot attend a cancer rehabilitation program:
Rehabilitation Systems offers a unique online cancer rehabilitation training program, developed to serve patients seeking their own program. Scientifically-based restorative principals and practices fill your training program, organized to create a pathway to increased independence, skills for living, and quality of life. This is a 12 session training program with online-health-coaching to strengthen your learning and performance process.
This emerging approach to serving the restorative needs of a growing patient population at home, in skilled-, assisted-, and independent living facilities, community centers, and the like, is accomplished with a computer and an internet connection.
Plan to join us online for this 12 session cancer rehabilitation training program. Please don’t forget to invite a friend to join you for this life changing process, as you gain more control of your health. In this way you will build your own support system for on-going success.
Online rehabilitation classes are conducted Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in one hour sessions, for three (3) weeks. As part of this program, online health coaching helps you with technical issues, answers your health questions and walks you step-by-step through your rehabilitation program. Sign up now.
What will you get with this program?
You will receive two downloadable manuals. In one you will learn the process of rehabilitation, including personal assessment and evaluation, how to progress safely, techniques to help you avoid or survive complications, how to use your equipment more effectively, and other topics.
The second manual will assist you in goal setting, building a personal health history, and developing a diary of your medications.
Over three weeks you will begin a process that has proven to restore physical ability as well as confidence to seek survivorship with increased commitment.
Exercise equipment used in our training program is very simple and can be used in any setting. You can do this program with a small amount of equipment. In fact, you may have many of the tools or resources available right now. Click here for a list of equipment in our gym.
Sign up now and your support group joins for free.
