An Exercise in Strength & Courage

Strength & Courage contains exercises to help breast cancer survivors regain upper body strength and flexibility and improve posture.  It also includes a section on aerobic conditioning guidelines.

Physical, Emotional, & Educational Benefits

As a breast cancer survivor you will find that the DVD touches you on many levels: physically, it will help you regain strength and flexibility; emotionally, it will help you regain control of your life; and educationally, it will teach you about the importance and methods of rehabilitative exercises.

At right: A limited number of Strength & Courage DVDs will be distributed to breast cancer physicians throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania free of charge. 

Breast Cancer incidence in women has increased from one in 20 in 1960 to one in eight today.  Every three minutes, a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer.

These sobering statistics call us to action.  Women who survive breast cancer want and need to return to the life they knew before diagnosis.

Dr. Sharon Cowden, a pediatrician and breast cancer survivor, and Janette Poppenberg, ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor®, recently collaborated together to create an exercise DVD for breast cancer patients.  Strength & Courage Exercise DVD is a compilation of exercises helpful to women who are surviving breast cancer and want to get back the life they lived before their diagnosis.

There is a limited number of DVDs that will be distributed to breast cancer patients throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania free of charge.  If you would like to receive a copy please see your breast cancer physician.

For more information please contact info@strengthandcourage.net.

Medical Expertise

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD – Co Director, Breast Cancer Program, University of 

 Pittsburgh Medical Center

Kathy Johnson, Certified Physical Therapist

Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH – University of Pennsylvania – research advisor on

 exercise and breast cancer

Acknowledgments

Funding

Dick's Corporation

FISA Foundation

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Maurice Pechet Foundation

Members of Sewickley Heights Golf Club

The Park Foundation

Susan G. Komen for the Cure – Pittsburgh Affiliate

UPMC Health Plan

Funding Coordinator

Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation

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