How to exercise if you have colon cancer

Moderate endurance sports, such as cycling, swimming, hiking and Nordic walking, are very suitable for patients with colorectal cancer. Tennis, golf and other ball sports are not recommended because these sports require strong body rotation and are not coordinated braking movements.

Leg curling exercise: Lie on your back, bend both knees and lift them up at the same time, bring your thighs to your abdomen, then return them to their original position, and repeat more than ten times.

Leg raising exercise: Lie on your back, raise both legs at the same time, keeping your knees straight, then put them down, and repeat more than ten times.

Cycling exercise: Lie on your back, flex and stretch your legs alternately, imitating the action of pedaling a bicycle, move flexibly, flex and stretch as wide as possible, and do it for dozens of seconds. Sit-ups: Lie on your back, flex and stretch your abdomen, sit up, touch your toes with both hands, and do it a few times each time.

If you are taking chemotherapy drugs orally, or you have a digestive tract cancer such as colon cancer, you can still eat snacks and pastries. You can get some nutrition, which will help to cooperate with chemotherapy and improve its effectiveness.

If you eat snacks, you should eat less hard and difficult to digest foods. You can eat softer pastries and foods that are easier to digest. Chemotherapy may have more side effects. If possible, you can do some physical exercise and pay more attention to rest.

Chemotherapy may be needed in the early and middle stages of colon cancer. Don't think that chemotherapy is only used in the late stages of cancer. Chemotherapy is an effective treatment method for killing tumor cells and can be applied to all stages of cancer. Some late-stage patients cannot undergo surgery and can only choose chemotherapy.

As for whether chemotherapy is needed in the early and middle stages of colon cancer, it varies from person to person. Chemotherapy can be used when necessary, and there is no fixed pattern.

On the crossbar, you can strengthen the cardiovascular system and the overall musculature very well without putting any load on the spine or joints. Another advantage of this machine is that you can train at home or in a fitness center, and you can go to the toilet at any time. This is also very important for outdoor exercise, because many patients have diarrhea or frequent bowel movements, so you must pay attention to the fact that there must be a toilet nearby. In addition, drinking enough water evenly throughout the day is extremely important for all patients with bowel cancer. As a supplement to endurance training, you also need to carefully strengthen the abdominal musculature and combine this training with back exercises. Before starting to exercise, always go to a sports medicine physician, a physiotherapist or go to a qualified fitness center for a strength test to determine what and how much you can do. Based on this highly personalized test, a training plan suitable for the individual is developed. Then, you can start very slowly and carefully stretch the healing tissue. Avoid all sudden, pulling movements to ensure that the wound is not burdened. Slowly increase the training level and weight, and control your breathing: exhale when you are tense and inhale when you relax.