Your Guide to Bone Mets: Exercise (Yes, Exercise!)

In the third of our special series on living with bone metastases, we are turning to one of the most frequent questions and concerns we hear: Can I exercise??

To get the answers, OMBCL co-hosts Ashley Fernandez & Martha Carlson spoke with Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, who has led the way in understanding and implementing exercise for people with breast cancer, including those of us with metastatic breast cancer. Dr. Schmitz founded the Moving Through Cancer initiative of the American College of Sports Medicine, which has a bold goal of making exercise standard of care in oncology by 2029. She fills us in on the science of exercise – why it’s important and how it can be done with bone metastases. Interspersed into the interview with Dr. Schmitz are the stories of people living with bone metastases, providing hope and inspiration that exercise is possible. Be sure to listen to the full episode to get all the suggestions from Dr. Schmitz and hit “Read More” below to go to our episode notes, which link to free videos and other resources.