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Studies show that cancer patients can benefit from exercise. However, the cancer patient should use caution and consult with their physician before undertaking an exercise program. There are certain precautions and contraindications to exercise which include severe pain, infection, severe shortness of breath, acute bone and joint pain, platelets lower than 50,000 per microliter, dizziness causing difficulty in balancing and fever. If these contraindications do not exist, your doctor will be able to tell you if you can began a low to moderate intensity exercise program.

Patients undergoing cancer treatment will be able to maintain endurance, strength, and function by performing moderate-intensity aerobic exercise. Although there may be fatigue due to cancer treatment, exercising during this time may diminish the side effects associated with treatment. exercise increases circulation, oxygen intake, tones the cardiovascular system, improves appetite, promotes better digestion, facilitates elimination, improves the metabolic rate, lowers cholesterol, lowers blood pressure and stimulates the lymphatic system.

Also, there are biological mechanisms resulting from exercise which have powerful anti-depressive and stress-controlling effects. This is profoundly important since a cancer diagnosis and cancer treatment can be very stressful and depressing.

The type of exercise for the cancer patient is not that different. Everyone can benefit from weight resistance, cardiovascular/aerobic and flexibility exercises.

Cancer patients may have to start with a low to moderate intensity and build up from there. A cancer patient may work around their symptoms and limitations during cancer therapy. This means that if there is fatigue and/or nausea due to cancer treatment, perhaps that day a short walk and/or some mild and relaxing yoga poses can be performed. The point is to try to work with and around any limitations so that you can continue receiving the benefits of exercise. Patients that are too weak to get out of bed, can move their arms and legs as if bicycling or doing range-of-motion exercises. Once a patient can get out of bed, the next step would be exercising while sitting in a chair followed by exercising while holding on to the chair.

It is never to late to start exercising and cancer patients have a better chance of maintaining their independence and strength. With exercise, the cancer patient will also be able to maintain a positive outlook and handle stress.

At http://www.myfitness24-7.com we believe in therapeutic exercise. exercise at home and save with our exercise dvds. Free shipping. Cecelia Tiemann, D.C. is familiar with the challenges of colon cancer. Since colon cancer runs in the family, exercise programs are an important part of therapy.

When a female climber slipped and fell while scrambling on the cliffs of Craig Yr Ysfa below Carnedd Llewelyn in Snowdonia, the rescuers who were first on the scene recognized that her leg injuries required immediate treatment. Fortunately for her, help was at hand in the form of RAF 22 Squadron's Sea King helicopter, and she was in hospital in Bangor within the hour.

Snowdonia in North Wales contains some of the best mountain walking and climbing areas in the UK. Besides Snowdon itself, there are several other peaks above the 3000 ft mark, and these are surrounded by steep crags and sheer cliff faces which are often the site of accidents, either as a result of fallen climbers, or walkers who have slipped from a path. When accidents occur, members of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team are called out, and if they require assistance to move the casualty quickly to hospital, a Sea King Mark 3 SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopter from RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey can be on the scene within 20 minutes.

The Sea Kings are operated by C Flight 22 Squadron (C Flt), one of the busiest SAR flights in the UK, carrying out around 300 rescue missions every year, and since the Flight formed at Valley in 1956, over 6000 rescue missions have been flown. Sea Kings have been operated by 22 Squadron since 1997, replacing the Wessex which took over from the Westland Whirlwind in 1976, and provide increased range and load capacity, plus enhanced night and bad weather performance. Helicopters are on standby 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and can be airborne within 15 minutes. Although their main function is to perform search and rescue missions for RAF aircrew, the bulk of their activity is centered on civilian rescues, often assisting mountain rescue teams across the UK.

The Sea King is manufactured by AgustaWestland in the UK, and is powered by two Rolls-Royce H1400 1T turboshaft engines, providing 2,700shp. It has accommodation for a 4-man crew, and up to 19 passengers, or nine stretchers and two medical officers. The Mark 3A is equipped with advanced all-weather radar, navigation and Global Positioning Systems, and when hovering can be controlled by the winch operator, who can position the rescue harness directly above the casualty. The winch operator also controls the hydraulic hoist, rated at 600lb. The Sea King has a range of 280 nautical miles, with a maximum speed of 143 mph at sea level, and helicopters from 22 Squadron, who are based at RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall, carry out rescue operations all around the United Kingdom, as well as mountain rescues in Snowdonia.

The Sea Kings are a familiar sight to hill walkers and climbers, and its a comforting thought to anyone who ventures into the mountains that should the worst happen, the big yellow helicopter will quickly be on the scene.

Simon Kirwan is a photographer with a passion for the outdoors. He spends as much time as possible visiting the mountains and wild places of Britain and the world. After visiting Nepal and photographing the Himalayas in 1999, Simon was named 'Observer Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2000'. He has since travelled overland across East Africa visiting Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe; in addition, he has photographed the mountain ranges of Europe including the Spanish Pyrenees, the French and Italian Alps, and the Polish Tatras.

Despite his love of travel and the excitement of visiting new destinations, Simon is equally happy to wander the hills and mountains of Britain's countryside, especially Snowdonia, the Peak District and the Lake District where he can indulge his love of mountain walking and scrambling as well as photographing the ever-changing landscape.

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