NCI overview explaining that cancer patients may use CAM to cope with treatment side effects, comfort themselves, or try to treat cancer, and that CAM should be discussed with the care team. Used to frame grounding as supportive rather than curative.
Pilates / Movement Disciplines
Pilates and related movement disciplines used for strength, flexibility, posture, and recovery support. This protocol is categorized as Other Approaches and is included because people commonly use it as a non-medical, complementary, or supportive cancer-care approach. PROS Strong supportive-care fit for fatigue, function, mood, sleep, lymphedema risk reduction, and treatment tolerance when individualized.
Author archive for Christina Miller MD with posts on plant-based nutrition, inflammation, microbiome health, movement, recipes, and lifestyle medicine.
Patient-advocate/wellness article connecting rebounding with lymphatic movement and describing Wark's personal cancer-recovery exercise routine.