Also present were the president of the Real Club Mediterráneo, Eduardo Cestino; the territorial director of Eastern Andalusia de la Caixa, Juan Ignacio Zafra, and some thirty T-shirts. The Malaga City Council, from Malaga Sports and Events and the Sports Area, has participated in the launching of this boat, which also has the collaboration of La Caixa.
Currently in Malaga, this association is made up of 37 women who are survivors of breast cancer, each one with their diagnosis, their treatment and their specific sequelae, but the common thing that the practice of rowing has in common.
DRAGON BOAT
The BCS (Breast Cancer Survivor) – Breast cancer survivors- is the Abreast in the boat movement (All in the same boat) This category arose after a project that began to take shape in Canada in 1996, as a result of a work of Research by Dr. Donald C. McKenzie (University of British Columbia).
Thus, he demonstrated the importance of exercising the torso and arms in recovery after breast cancer treatment with a group that he created with 24 women who had suffered from this disease. This high intensity upper body exercise could not only be safe, but also therapeutic.
The positive conclusions in the recovery processes of the women who participated in the first studies regarding their physical condition came to be in the background. It was found that the psychological improvement of these groups of women, united by the same life experience, was remarkable.
The feeling of being part of a team and joining forces for a common goal was an improvement for the women who were part of the first crews. They understood that teamwork helped them deal with the problems derived from the disease in a different way.
Abreast in a Boat is made up of women of all ages who have overcome breast cancer. The benefits of this practice generated 25 years ago that the BCS movement began its journey in the sport of Dragon Boat.
Following the formation of the first BCS crews, the movement began to grow exponentially around the world, with the creation of the International Commission for Paddlers with Breast Cancer. The movement had a worldwide impact and, currently, it is made up of more than 400 teams and 9000 paddlers who have suffered from breast cancer distributed around the world.
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