![]() ![]() This year will be the first time the Edmonton women compete in the paddle tanks event. On Saturday, the team was pressing in the indoor paddle tanks at the Leduc Boat Club. "One of the things that I did when I crawled out of that boat after that first race – out of breath, out of wind, out of energy – I went, 'Yes! I did that!'" she recalled during an interview with CTV News Edmonton. ![]() Unable to walk at the time, she thought joining was impossible – until, one day, it wasn't. ![]() The team headed to New Zealand consists of 23 women, while the club has more than 70 members, all of whom survived breast cancer.Ĭolleen Hemsley learned about the team while receiving treatment. British Columbia experts proved in a clinical study using dragon boating that exercise during and after treatment is more beneficial than harmful.Įdmonton's team – called Breast Friends – was formed in 1998 to join the movement. The uptake of dragon boating by breast cancer survivors began in Canada in response to previous advice that survivors should avoid upper body exercises to prevent lymphedema. A team of friends and breast cancer survivors are headed to New Zealand in April to represent Edmonton in an international dragon boat racing competition. ![]()
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