Internationally Abreast - Exercise as Medicine - Hanton, Michelle; Nielsen, Eleanor
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Internationally Abreast - Exercise as Medicine offers inspiration, hope and courage to those travelling the journey with breast cancer. Within the pages are captured the foundation of the breast cancer dragon boat paddling movement across the globe. The history of the 25-year growth of what is today a worldwide movement sparked by a trial conducted by Dr Don McKenzie, a sports medicine specialist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, in 1996 is a remarkable tale. Cancer is an insidious disease and yet, amongst those diagnosed is a global network of breast cancer paddlers…mehr

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Internationally Abreast - Exercise as Medicine offers inspiration, hope and courage to those travelling the journey with breast cancer. Within the pages are captured the foundation of the breast cancer dragon boat paddling movement across the globe. The history of the 25-year growth of what is today a worldwide movement sparked by a trial conducted by Dr Don McKenzie, a sports medicine specialist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, in 1996 is a remarkable tale. Cancer is an insidious disease and yet, amongst those diagnosed is a global network of breast cancer paddlers congregated together, grasping the paddle firmly between both hands and living life to the full.
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Michelle Hanton was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 at age 38. Michelle became a breast cancer advocate through the Advocacy & Science Training run by the National Health & Medical Research Council. She is the founder of Dragons Abreast Australia, Inaugural Executive President of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission (IBCPC). Michelle is a founding member of NT Breast Cancer Voice, a former State Representative for Breast Cancer Network Australia, and has served on the National Breast Cancer Foundation Consumer Advisory Panel. Awarded the Order of Australia in 2008 for her contribution to women's health, Michelle was also the first female to be awarded Life Membership of the Australian Dragon Boat Federation.