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Body Composition Analysis: Allows clients to track changes in percentage of fat and muscle mass.
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VO2 Max (aerobic capacity testing): allows clients to track changes in aerobic capacity and allows cancer exercise specialists to determine optimal training strategies (ranges).
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Lactate Threshold Testing: Allows for the determination of exercise intensities that will be used in the exercise programming.
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Pulmonary Testing: Allows for tracking of changes in lung function due to chemotherapy and declines related to inactivity. Also allows for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to complications of surgery, chemotherapy or infection.
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Health Screening Services: Height, Weight, Body Mass Index, Percentage of Fat, Blood Pressure, Body Composition Analysis, Core Strength Testing.
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Flexibility/Range of Motion: Allows for the tracking of changes in range of motion associated with surgical intervention and helps establish goals for exercise programming.
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Individulized Training Programs: Following testing, weekly team meetings (including the physiologist, social worker, cancer exercise specialist and client care coordinator) are held to discuss the appropriate plan for a client and then a comprehensive lifestyle plan is written. Once the team has conferred, the client care coordinator assists the survivor in contacting the appropriate team member (nutritionist, therapist, cancer exercise specialist). The lifestyle plans typically include: goal setting, motivation strategies, mental well being advice, exercise prescriptions, nutrition advice and one-on-one assistance on the health club floor. Our client care coordinator (medical professional) is also available to answer medical related questions.
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Wellness Coaching: Lifestyle/exercise programs for cancer survivors have typically been written based on type of cancer treated (i.e., breast cancer, prostate, lung). We write programming based on type of treatment (e.g., surgery, surgery with chemotherapy, surgery with chemotherapy and radiotherapy or any combination thereof). Considerations are made for type of cancer, current health status (blood profiles and physician reports), current medications, complications and previous lifestyle history. Exercise programming typically follows progressive overload principles and a periodized format in order to stress the body appropriately without causing a decline in health status (see appendix XX).
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