Overview
Internationally Abreast - Exercise as Medicine offers inspiration, hope and courage to those travelling the journey with breast cancer. Within the pages are captured the foundation of the breast cancer dragon boat paddling movement across the globe. The history of the 25-year growth of what is today a worldwide movement sparked by a trial conducted by Dr Don McKenzie, a sports medicine specialist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, in 1996 is a remarkable tale. Cancer is an insidious disease and yet, amongst those diagnosed is a global network of breast cancer paddlers congregated together, grasping the paddle firmly between both hands and living life to the full.
Full Product Details
Author: Michelle Hanton ,
Eleanor Nielsen
Publisher: Dragon Sisters
Imprint: Dragon Sisters
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.249kg
ISBN: 9780645288902
ISBN 10: 064528890
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 25 October 2021
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
The global breast cancer dragon boat movement with the focus of exercise as medicine provides an understanding, unique support network for women and men after a diagnosis of breast cancer. Dragon boat paddling draws out the innate qualities of breast cancer survivors - hope, inspiration, excitement, determination and resilience- to beat a dreaded disease faced by millions of women and men around the world. Michelle Hanton is an inspirational leader, and as the founder of Dragons Abreast Australia knows the positive impact this movement has on people's lives. Professor John Boyages AM Radiation Oncologist and Breast Cancer Specialist, Icon Cancer Centre Founding Director and Honorary Professor, ALERT Lymphoedema Program Author, Breast Cancer: Taking Control.
Author Information
Michelle Hanton was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 at age 38. Michelle became a breast cancer advocate through the Advocacy & Science Training run by the National Health & Medical Research Council. She is the founder of Dragons Abreast Australia, Inaugural Executive President of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission (IBCPC). Michelle is a founding member of NT Breast Cancer Voice, a former State Representative for Breast Cancer Network Australia, and has served on the National Breast Cancer Foundation Consumer Advisory Panel. Awarded the Order of Australia in 2008 for her contribution to women's health, Michelle was also the first female to be awarded Life Membership of the Australian Dragon Boat Federation. Eleanor Nielsen, diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 at 51, underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Retiring as National Director of Programs for the Canadian Cancer Society in 1991, she became the founder of Dragons Abreast Toronto in 1997. Eleanor guided the publication of How to Ride a Dragon: 22 women with breast cancer tell their stories, written by Michelle Tocher, now in its second edition print. In 2004 Eleanor started the Ontario (now Central Canada) Breast Cancer DragonBoat Network. She was honoured with the Governor-General's Caring Canadian Award in 2009. Eleanor can be found gardening, hiking, and enjoying time with her husband, Charles, and their combined family of five couples and six grandchildren when not paddling.
