Customized Exercise Programming - Pancreatic Cancer Customized Exercise Programming - Pancreatic Cancer Will received a referral for a client with pancreatic cancer. He’s been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for three years, but this is his first client with pancreatic cancer. Although it was caught earlier than most, Will…
Continue Reading→Changing the Face of Breast Cancer – One Patient at a Time
Most of us know that every October symbolizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month around the globe. I witnessed my mother battling breast cancer three times since 1981. She is currently fighting the battle with widespread-metastatic breast cancer. Today she is winning! According to Breastcancer.org:About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about…
Continue Reading→May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month Bladder cancer is among the top ten most common cancer types in the world, with approximately 550,000 new cases annually. In the Unites States alone, approximately 83,730 people will be diagnosed with bladder cancer and some 17,200 people are expected to die…
Continue Reading→April is Esophageal Awareness Month
April is Esophageal Awareness Month According to federal statistics, an estimated 19,260 people living in the United States were diagnosed with esophageal cancer and an estimated 15,530 died of the disease in 2021, making it one of the deadliest forms of cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, rates…
Continue Reading→Customized Exercise Programming – Lip & Oral Cavity Cancer
Adam received a referral for a woman with stage III lip and oral cavity cancer. He's been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for three years, but has not had any experience working with someone that has had lip and oral cavity cancer. He asked if he could hire me…
Continue Reading→April is Oral Cavity Cancer Awareness Month
April is Oral Cavity Cancer Awareness Month The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimated that in 2020 there were 377,713 new cases of lip and oral cancer worldwide. According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, this year an estimated 54,0001 new cases of oral cancer will be diagnosed…
Continue Reading→Save On Cancer Exercise & Top Specialty Courses
Saving still on with code PINKOCT30 Save on top courses during Breast Cancer Awareness month, including live virtual training or self-study for the NEW 13th Edition Cancer Exercise Specialist Advanced Qualification, Yoga Cancer Exercise Specialist, Breast Cancer Recovery BOSU Specialist (50% off), Calificación Avanzada de Especialista en Ejercicios de…
Continue Reading→Essentials of Cancer Exercise
Essentials of Cancer Exercise By 2030 there will be over 20 million cancer survivors in the US and almost 200,000 newly diagnosed every year. Surgery, including amputations, and treatment will leave patients with muscle imbalances and range of motion limitations and out them at risk for heart and…
Continue Reading→Facing the Increasing Challenge of Competing with Under-Qualified Trainers
As a personal trainer, you may find it increasingly difficult to compete in an industry that has no licensure; and very little in the way of requirements. As an industry, we let anyone willing to take a two, four, six, or eight-hour online course become a personal trainer.…
Continue Reading→May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month
A brain tumor is a collection, or mass, of abnormal cells in the brain. The skull is very rigid and leaves no room to accommodate even a benign mass. Brain tumors can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign). When benign or malignant tumors grow, they can cause the…
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