Don't Worry- Be Vigilant: How to Enjoy an Active Lifestyle After Breast Cancer with Claudia Major

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           Contact:                        Denise Coulter
May 16, 2017                                                                                                      805-379-4777 
 
Don't Worry- Be Vigilant: How to Enjoy an Active Lifestyle After Breast Cancer
with Claudia Major
Tuesday, July 11th, 6:00-7:30pm
 
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa
Barbara (CscVvsb) announces a free workshop, “Don't Worry- Be Vigilant: How to Enjoy an Active Lifestyle After Breast Cancer with Claudia Major” on Tuesday, July 11th, 6:00-7:30pm, at 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361. Please call 805-379-4777 to RSVP or to learn more.  20-25% of women will develop lymphedema within the first 2 years after breast cancer surgery and radiation and up to 72% of women experience lymphatic cording or axillary web syndrome associated with lymph node dissection. This workshop will educate you about risk reduction, treatment, and exercise/activity guide lines for breast cancer survivors with and without lymphedema.
Claudia was born and trained in Germany as a physical therapist and has been practicing in California for the last 26 years. As a clinician in outpatient settings she specialized in 2001 in the treatment of patients with primary and secondary lymphedemas, as well as wound care patients with chronic ulcers. In 2010, she launched the Lymphedema Program at Community Memorial Health System in Ventura and has developed a close working relationship with the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine in Ventura, the Coastal Communities Cancer Center in Ventura, the Cancer Center of Ventura County, and the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara with Sansum Clinic. Her passion is oncology rehabilitation and survivor care.
About the Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara
Celebrating more than two decades of providing support, education and hope to people fighting cancer, the Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara is an independently governed and funded chapter of Cancer Support Community, the 50-member nation-wide organization. Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara serves more than 3,000 local residents affected by cancer each year with programs throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, and into the San Fernando Valley.  Programs are offered in English and Spanish and are all provided free of charge. For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please visit www.CancerSupportVvsb.org or call 805-379-4777.   ###