About Force

About Cancer Support Services: Mission Statement

Cancer Support Services' mission is to encourage patients through exercise, nutrition, and yoga stress management to become physically, mentally, and socially active during and following cancer treatment.
In 1998 Cancer Support Services launched the FORCE™ Programs (Focus on Rehabilitation and Cancer Education) a first-of-its-kind intervention intended to dramatically increase the likelihood that cancer patients will recover faster, remain disease free longer, will notice a recurrence sooner, and most importantly, live longer! This modality addresses the particular needs of young cancer patients in addition to the general cancer population at large.

The FORCE Program is a 4 months intervention that includes support groups, educational workshops devoted to stress management techniques and nutritional counseling

About FORCE ™

Anyone Can Get Cancer...
1 in 3 Americans will be diagnosed over their lifetimes. Over 7.4 million Americans alive today have a history of cancer. This year, over 1.4 million Americans are expected to be diagnosed and over 560,000 will die. The overall 5 year survival rate is 56% for all cancers.

Anyone Can Also Survive Cancer...
It is a relatively new phenomenon. In just the past 15 years, survival rates for many cancers have risen as much as three-fold. Post treatment issues associated with surviving cancer can be also devastating. Our programs are designed to improve the body, the mind, and the spirit.

Cancer Survivorship is our only goal...
Dealing with quality of life issues is our only concern and giving you the tools to help you recover are what we provide.

Quality of Life is a Key Issue...
As the cancer survival rate increases and patients live longer, FORCE programs deliver a solid, proven, combined approach intended to greatly elevate quality of life. FORCE programs increase overall body strength and conditioning, combat fatigue, foster a healthy diet, and help restore a sense of control that cancer can take away.

About FORCE™

Exercise:
Each FORCE participant will develop an individualized exercise program. Everyone can benefit from exercise which includes; prevention of heart disease, weight maintenance/reduction, managing stress, and feeling great.

The reasons why cancer patients should exercise are even more pronounced, which include: recovering from cancer, restoring strength and flexibility, counteracting fatigue, prevention of lymph edema, alleviating nausea, and improving self esteem. The FORCE program is intended to help you establish and achieve fitness goals for a lifetime.

Nutrition:
With nutritional information constantly bombarding you, where do you turn? Add in a diagnosis of cancer and nutritional options become more complex. Information is the key; FORCE programs can provide it. The nutritional curriculum is geared to suit individual needs. It incorporates meal planning, dietary manipulations, and supplementations as critical components for life long health. We help create individualized nutritional programs and provide information to help you make informed decisions. Our goal is to help you wade through the mass information about nutrition, make informed decisions, and help you heal naturally while utilizing traditional techniques.

Stress Management...
The Stress Management curriculum is intended to help you learn relaxation techniques. These techniques will calm and center you and help improve your daily quality of life. In these workshops, a Yoga Instructor teaches participants to utilize a mind-body approach to combat negative stress and build upon the positive effects stress management can have on your overall wellness program. Through demonstration and practice, participants will have the opportunity to experience and learn meditation, guided imagery, visualization, and progressive muscle relaxation.