Possible Set of Pre-and Post Cancer Exercises....

NATSGSG

Hello All:

After the shocking discovery that I have Stage 2 Grade 3 Invasive Breast Cancer, my sister sent me a video of an exercise that a Taiwanese neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with stage 3 intestinal cancer who did this exercise who somehow managed to get rid of his tumor . He was told he had about 5 years, and he gave much thought as to whether he should go for surgery. He said his tumor was the size of an apple. So, he started doing this "Swinging Arm and Double Bent Knee" Exercise. After about a year of this exercise for which he does 1000 sets each day, his tumor had reduced in size. Subsequently, he refused to go for surgery, and was warned by his doctor that he was putting his life in danger。 He decided to take the gamble. After about two years of this exercise, his tumor disappeared. While pleased, he believed that he still have cancer cells in his body. So he has continued doing this exercise to keep his body in check from cancerous cells.

The 2nd case in this video is a little boy with skin condition with unhealed skins on his lowers legs and buttocks that was both itchy and painful, and wouldn't go away. His mother took him to differents but to no avail. Finally, she came across this exercise, and have her son do this exercise 30 minutes/day Instead. He does it just before he goes to bed. After about a year, he skin condition disappeared. The mother herself also had shoulder ache which she claimed disappeared after two months of this exercise. 

According to an experience Qi Gong & Tai Chi master,  this exercise supposedly causes the flow of Qi along different points within out body...eventua

The 3rd case is of a lady who have an extremely serious eczema and skin outbreaks with pus (you'll see it in the video) She went to many doctors who weren't able to help her. Her condition was so bad that she quarantined herself at home. When she was introduced to this exercise,  after about a year, her skin condition improved. After 2 years, her skin recovered completely. She said she even lost weight.. I am amazed by this myself.

The 3rd case is an elderly lady with joint pain. She did these same exercises, and after about a year, the joints in her knees gradually lessen, and after two years, they were gone.

Whether this exercise truly works or not, I cannot guarantee. However, my take of this is that they can do no harm, as this method consists only of exercises. I am still going for my surgery and treatment, but will continue to do these exercises every morning for 30 minutes, and to gradually increase the time depending on my stamina. I will try to do it for at least a year to see its degree of efficacy. If you decide to do these exercises as well, please share your results here in this forum.

As explained in the video, there are 2 ways of doing it:

1) Swing your arms back and forth twice. Swing front to back is consider 1 count. On the 3rd count, bend your knees once. Then go back to this count. 2X + 1 knee bend = 1 set.   You can start by doing it for about 15 minutes and increase it gradually.

2) The 2nd method is swinging your arms back and forth 4X. On the 5th swing when your arms are moving back, you  bend and lightly bounce your knees twice. That's considered 1 set.

Note 1： When you bend your knees, you should still be able to see your toes, and your back is straight, which means your butt must jut out. If you do not see your toes when bending, you are doing it wrong, and can hurt your back. That's why you should start gently and pay attention to the posture during the bend. As you get used to it, it will become natural and you can doing more and more each day. 

Note 2: You can do it in the early morning, or just before sleeping. Personally, I'd prefer to do it early morning.

So, here's the youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahtCOQeKHo

Good luck. May this exercise help us improve our physical self. For those of you who are interested and would like to try it, let's compare notes every month or 2-3 months and see if it works.

"Shuai" in the video means to swing your arms.

ruthbru

Exercise is always good, but I am surely glad to read that you are doing conventional treatments as well! Best of luck.

Morwenna

This reminds me of a story my dad used to tell about two men who commuted to work each day by train. Each morning one of the men would read his daily newspaper, and each time he finished a page he would rip it out, screw it into a little ball, and throw it out the window.

After watching him do this countless mornings, the second man could no longer contain his curiosity, and asked him about it. The first man replied that it was to keep the elephants down.

"But, there are no elephants in Staffordshire!' exclaimed the other man.

"I know!. It works, doesn't it" said his travelling companion.

My point, of course, is that there is no proven cause and effect in what you are describing, the possible exception being the lady with the sore knees, as dips/squats would strengthen the hip and knee muscle groups supporting these joints, which is a known effective therapy for early arthritic change. The arm swinging element is possibly detrimental for those at risk for lymphedema, as it increases the vascular load in the upper extremities.

Just my 2c

MusicLover

Thanks for posting.  I have heard of someone else suggesting this same exercise for cancer.

NATSGSG

Hello   Morwenna ..I understand your point about  risk for lymphedema...which is why everyone has to judge their own body. If you decide to pursue this, please please please give your affected arms some thought, let it heal till you can move it slow, do it gently and slowly if you could.....don't swing  high and fast as to hurt yourself....so that you could eventually move that part of your arm...If you are unable to do it, then don't, rather than risk injury to yourself....

Heidihill

Thanks for sharing this. I recently injured my shoulder and back and was thinking about what I could do to help with healing and wondering whether I should go back to my post-surgery exercise protocol. It was similar to what you have posted, only without leg movements and with multidirectional arm movements. I did tell my radiation oncologist that I was doing 2 hours of arm exercises everyday (1 in the morning and 1 in the evening) as well as 1 hour of walking. He gave me a big nod of approval. I did this for about a year, reducing to one hour arm exercises after 6 months when I started lifting weights.

The compound exercise shown involving the arms and legs activates all the big muscle groups. It's an efficient exercise routine.

You may have seen this posted elsewhere on this site:

Exercise slows tumor growth, improves chemotherapy in mouse cancers

One way many cancers grow resistant to treatment is by generating a web of blood vessels that are so jumbled they fail to provide adequate oxygen to the tumor. With oxygen starvation, the tumor gains a sort of cloaking device that protects it from the toxic effects of chemotherapy drugs and radiation, which are designed to seek out well-oxygenated tissue. Researchers have long tested various approaches to improving blood flow to the tumor in the hopes of restoring potency to treatments, however, to date, not much has shown promise.

Until researchers investigated exercise.

In a study published in the March 16, 2015, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers led by Duke Cancer Institute (DCI) scientists studied the impact of exercise in models of breast cancer in mice. They found that exercise stimulated significant improvements in the number and function of blood vessels around the tumors, improving oxygen flow to the cancer site. When treated with chemotherapy, the tumors shrank markedly better than they did in sedentary animals.

The truth is chemo and radiation can sometimes make cancers more aggressive. Exercise is one way you might be able to prevent this from happening. Certainly worth trying! I've been exercising daily since my diagnosis of Stage IV seven and half years ago. I don't think I'm throwing little balls out the window, because there is plenty of research on a molecular level (even back then) that the lack of oxygen in cancer cells leads to growth and metastasis. There might actually be elephants out there. So keep on swinging and bending!!