How it helps
Dragon boating helps breast cancer survivors by:
- offering hope, support, encouragement and friendship to those who have had breast cancer
- raising public awareness of breast cancer
- promoting healthy exercise.
How it started
Dr Don McKenzie, a sports medicine physician in Canada, launched Abreast In A Boat in 1996 to test the myth that repetitive upper-body exercise in women treated for breast cancer encourages lymphoedema.
Dr McKenzie believed that by following a special exercise and training program, women could avoid lymphoedema and enjoy active, full lives. Dr. McKenzie's theory was proven correct.
From a medical study involving one boat of 25 women in 1996, breast cancer dragon boating now reaches around the world, with 117 teams in 12 countries … and growing…
For more information see:
Breast Cancer Survivors' Dragon Boating - Wikipedia
International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission
Dr McKenzie believed that by following a special exercise and training program, women could avoid lymphoedema and enjoy active, full lives. Dr. McKenzie's theory was proven correct.
From a medical study involving one boat of 25 women in 1996, breast cancer dragon boating now reaches around the world, with 117 teams in 12 countries … and growing…
For more information see:
Breast Cancer Survivors' Dragon Boating - Wikipedia
International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission
