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Price: $32.00

Thriving After Breast Cancer & Focus on Healing Video Set (VHS)

This book was written by Sherry Lebed Davis, also the creator of the "Focus on Healing through Movement & Dance for the Breast Cancer Survivor" video. It is an essential guide to healing both body and mind and to recovering pre-treatment energy, strength, flexibility and posture.

The book is divided into 5 sections and is 272 pages in length. It is tailored to:
  • Relieving Pain
  • Restoring Flexibility
  • Combating Fatigue
  • Emotional Recovery
  • Living with Lymphedema
  • Developing Balance
  • Coping with Menopause
  • Exploring Your Femininity
  • Recovering from Reconstruction
  • It also has warm-up routines for different sports, mind-body exercises and nutritional advice. It concludes with a section on Resources and Recommended Reading.
'It is critical for women to start moving right away after treatment and that they continue moving if they are to maintain their mobility. Sherri Davis's approach will make a big difference in the quality of life of women after breast cancer.'

Susan M. Love, M.D.
Author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book

'This book and the program it describes should assist many as they strive for the ultimate goal of theapy ­ a full, healthful and active life.'

Clifford Hudis, M.D.
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

'Thriving After Breast Cancer highlights important, practical and rejuvenating exercises for a healthy recovery after the diagnosis and treatmen of breast cancer. My patients will benefit tremendously from this program. Just what the doctor ordered for a speedy recovery.'

Bert M. Petersen, Jr., M.D.
Beth Israel Medical Center

This set also includes the Focus on Healing video in VHS format.

FOCUS ON HEALING is part of a lifelong recovery program for short and long-term breast cancer survivors. It is designed to reduce the risk of lymphedema, frozen shoulder, and other side effects of breast cancer surgery.

The upbeat dance format enhances the breast cancer survivor's psychological and emotional state following surgery. This 48-minute upper body routine was designed with physician input by a professional dancer and breast cancer survivor.

Endorsed by Major Cancer Centers FOCUS ON HEALING has been recognized by the UCSF Stanford Health Care Center as an effective therapeutic videotape for breast cancer survivors. The program is also being used by the:
  • Susan G. Komen Foundation
  • National Lymphedema Network
Running Time: 48 Minutes