Andrea Leonard-Bruno:
- Founder and President of the Breast Cancer Survivors Foundation and The Cancer Exercise Training Institute
- Author of The Cancer Exercise Specialist Handbook and co-author of the book, Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors.
- Certified by the American Council on Exercise, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the Cooper Institute as a personal trainer and special population's expert.
- Adjunct faculty member of The American Council on Exercise and the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
- Administers Cancer Exercise Specialist Examinations and renewals for Certified Cancer Exercise Specialists.
- First, exercises that help define muscularity and vascularity of the upper body aid the surgeon's ability to define and differentiate between structures during surgery.
- Second, exercise lowers anxiety and improves the overall fitness level of patients.
- Finally, Andrea illustrates how to speed recovery from breast cancer surgery. She illustrates two levels of fitness traing with the HeartFlex. She selected the device because it produces only resistance exercise without the use of dangerous springs and rubber bands which can overload sensitive healing structures and cause damage during the healing process.
HeartFlex was not developed for breast cancer patients yet Andrea's expertise discovered that its unique properties make it ideal as a cross training product for patient preparation and recovery from breast cancer surgery. Her complete training session is included on the DVD that accompanies each HeartFlex. A bonus feature of the training video illustrates how to check for the onset of lymphedema.
