King Charles Cancer Diagnosis- How Exercise Can Help
With the recent news coming out of Buckingham Palace that King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer – Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Castle Hill, Randwick, Pymble, Kingsgrove, Neutral Bay, Rhodes, Five Dock, Casey, Gungahlin and Coburg are exploring the benefits of exercise for prevention and treatment of cancer.
Exercise is beneficial at all stages of cancer, and a Longevity Exercise Physiologist’s expertise will ensure the best outcomes are achieved throughout these stages. So, what are the benefits of exercising during each stage?
Benefits of Exercising during the PREVENTION stage:
- Higher levels of physical activity and exercise lower the risk of several types of cancer.
- Being active can help you maintain a healthy weight, which reduces the risk of many types of cancer.
- Exercise helps your immune system to work at its best, fighting illness and cancerous cells.
- Improves mood and mental health conditions.
Benefits of Exercising during the TREATMENT stage:
- Helps to improve the side effects of treatment, such as fatigue.
- Helps to improve recovery after treatment cycles.
- Exercise can help improve the way you respond to certain treatments.
- Treat and manage other co-morbidities, health conditions, and injuries.
- Improve overall health, reduce the risk of recurrence, and prevent future chronic health conditions.
- Help to manage pain, such as back pain.
- Help to manage and improve mood and mental health.
Benefits of Exercising during the POST-TREATMENT stage:
- Reduce the risk of some cancers coming back.
- Reduce the risk of developing other health issues, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
- Improve physical function – return to pre-cancer diagnosis activities/sport.
- Improve bone health and prevent osteoporosis.
- Relieve stress, anxiety, and depression.
- Improve quality of life.
Knowing what type, how often, and how much exercise to do throughout these stages is vital. The current guidelines emphasise the importance of a gradual, individualised approach with the supervision of an exercise expert.
Our recommendation to you, and to King Charles, would be to book in with a Longevity Exercise Physiologist today – we’d love to do a home visit at Buckingham Palace!
Call Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Castle Hill, Randwick, Pymble, Kingsgrove, Neutral Bay, Rhodes, Five Dock, Casey, Gungahlin and Coburg on 1300 964 002 to start your exercise journey today!
Written by Izaac Hughes
