In Ken Burns’ latest documentary for PBS, “Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,” he says that, “One out of three women and half of all men will get cancer,” at some point in their lives. This October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we like to remind the DASHA® community that DASHA® has many resources to help you or a loved one before, during and after your treatment program.
Cancer treatment is a very individual course; it can involve surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination of some or all of these things, and everyone responds to his or her treatment differently. It is physically and emotionally draining to deal with pain, side effects and the logistical challenge of making space in your life to take care of yourself while still juggling work or family needs.
DASHA® client providers can work in tandem with your doctors and help support you as you work your way through treatment to the other side of recovery and beyond. For example, it is important to keep up your physical strength and stamina up as much as possible without overexerting yourself while undergoing treatment. Working with a certified personal trainer who understands the body as well as your limitations and needs can help you to stay strong in your fight against fight cancer. Massage and acupuncture can be very therapeutic, nurturing and ease side effects.
Sometimes, even the healthiest of people get cancer. There’s not always rhyme or reason. All we can do is control how we respond to it, and the best thing to do immediately upon diagnosis is focus 100 percent on your self-care. DASHA® is one critical component of that self-care. With the DASHA® wellness approach, we believe you have to take in the totality of the whole person and treat the whole person, head to toe, so that person walks out of our offices feeling better than when they walked in.
DASHA® Enterprises, LLC works with independent practices and service providers that offer an integrated holistic solution to reach your total body well-being. The client providers share our philosophy of total body health and work with us to bring you an all-inclusive experience.
DASHA® is your personal concierge to health, wellness and lifestyle services through independent client professionals. To learn more, visit dashawellness.com.
