Exercise is necessary if you want to stay healthy. Only by keeping physical exercise can we enhance our immunity and resist many diseases. However, lung cancer patients may be special, and their lungs often have certain damage. More attention should be paid to exercise, and the exercise mode of lung cancer patients should be carefully selected.

What exercise can lung cancer patients do?

1, take a walk

Walking is more suitable for lung cancer patients with severe lung injury. Walking is also an aerobic exercise, which can improve the breathing of lung cancer patients and promote the metabolism of the whole body. In daily life, you can consider taking a proper walk after meals, which not only improves your physical fitness, but also pleases patients to relax and relieve their tension about the disease.

Step 2 jog

Generally speaking, jogging is the most effective aerobic exercise. People who want to lose weight or improve their physique can choose jogging to exercise. If lung cancer patients do not have much damage to lung function, jogging can be considered, which can effectively improve vital capacity. At the same time, long-term jogging can also promote metabolism and ensure the prevention of diseases.

3. Yoga

Yoga is a special way of exercise that many people know now. It mainly makes the body achieve the effect of exercise through various movements and breathing adjustments. However, some yoga movements are difficult, and if they are not carried out correctly, it is easy to damage the body. Therefore, yoga is not recommended for middle-aged and elderly patients with lung cancer.

What should lung cancer patients pay attention to during exercise?

1, sports center

If lung cancer patients want to exercise, they must first ask the doctor's permission, because only their own attending doctors know their own condition best, and it is not too late for doctors to start exercising after making an evaluation. If lung cancer patients want to exercise, they must stick to it step by step. Even people who used to be good at sports can't do strenuous exercise at first, otherwise it will easily cause irritation to the lungs. During exercise, we can consider adjusting breathing and practicing breathing effectively, which can improve the tolerance of the lungs, but we must go through professional study to avoid damaging the lungs.

Step 2 stretch

Many people who have been exercising for a long time know that stretching is very important in the process of exercise. Reasonable stretching can improve the state of muscles, help muscles recover faster, and also promote blood circulation. If lung cancer patients take effective stretching exercise, they can improve their abnormal breathing, and it is not easy to cause lung injury during exercise.

3. Strength training

In addition to regular exercise, lung cancer patients can also do some strength training. Because of their weak physique, strength training can enhance their physique more effectively. Many cancer patients will have muscle atrophy or weakness during long-term chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Proper strength training helps to maintain the stability of physical function.

Lung cancer can also improve its symptoms through exercise. Don't think that there is something wrong with the lung, and its function can no longer function normally. Proper exercise will be of great help to the lungs. Under long-term exercise, it is likely to improve the resistance and effectively prevent the spread of cancer cells.