TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabilitation
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Care. Compassion. Clinical Excellence.
In This Issue
Congratulations
to
TurningPoint's
7 newly Certified Edema Specialists! 


Our staff is an amazing group of talented, dedicated and compassionate women (and a few men!). I am proud to work with each and every one of them. Together, we are a team dedicated to helping make the lives of breast cancer patients just a little better. 

This past week, seven of our physical and massage therapists worked very hard over many days, evenings and a weekend to successfully complete the first ever Edema Certification Course offered by The Oncology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Once again, the commitment of our clinical staff to excellence has put us on the cutting edge of breast cancer survivorship care. 

Thank you to our staff for taking such good care of our patients and for supporting all of the work TurningPoint does to advocate for this care to be part of every person's breast cancer journey. 

If you are a breast cancer patient or survivor, what can TurningPoint do to help make your life just a little better? 

Jill 
Jill Binkley, PT, MSc, CLT
Executive Director
TurningPoint Clinicians Become First Certified Edema Specialists (CES) in the United States! 


Kiti Adderly (PT, Bahamas) 
Ron Lee (PT, Memorial Sloan Kettering, NYC) 

Course Participants and Instructors 
Lauren Bober, Senior PT
Carrie Kozel, PT
(TurningPoint) 

TurningPoint recently hosted the debut of a new course from the American Physical Therapy Association, Oncology Section, on treatment of edema (swelling).  The 6-day hands on course followed 16 hours of online preliminary course work and resulted in participants becoming Certified Edema Specialists. 

The course instructors were Marisa Perdomo, PT, DPT, MS, CCES, Assistant Professor in Clinical Physical Therapy at the University of Southern California and Antoinette P. Sander, PT, DPT, MS, CLT-LANA, Associate Professor Emerita from Northwestern University, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Chicago, IL.  Both instructors are recognized clinicians and researchers who are internationally known and respected.  

The course, recently developed by the APTA, is evidence-based and client-centered. It was attended by all of TP's Physical Therapists and Massage Therapists, as well as clinicians traveling from across the country to participate.  
CARETAKER PERSPECTIVE
June Patient Perspective
Carole Ann Webb
  
April 15, 2015. The fact that it was tax day was far from the worst thing about this afternoon.
 
"You have early stage breast cancer." This news was certainly not what I expected to hear one week after my first ever mammogram. I had turned forty ten months before and I had made a promise to myself to not turn forty-one before my initial screening. At first I was confused. Breast cancer didn't run in my family. I was healthy, an active middle-aged (barely) woman who loved to go on long hikes and was just learning to mountain bike. 
Really?  I had breast cancer?
 
EVIDENCE UPDATE
lymphedema at risk activites:  fact or fiction?

Many of the precautionary guidelines related to lymphedema provided to breast cancer patients are anecdotal and not based on research. Unfortunately, many of these guidelines place a large burden on patients and clinicians who go to great lengths to abide by them.

A recent study published in March 2016 was the first large scale, prospective study to investigate whether there is an association between certain activities and increases in arm volume in patients treated for breast cancer and screened for lymphedema.

This study suggests that although cellulitis increases risk of lymphedema, blood draws, injections and blood pressure readings on the affected side, as well as air travel, may not be associated with arm volume increases.  However, simple infection precautions make sense, such as using gloves when gardening and topical antibiotics for small cuts on the affected arm. 

Ferguson CM et al.  Impact of Ipsilateral Blood Draws, Injections, Blood Pressure Measurements, and Air Travel on the Risk of Lymphedema for Patients Treated for Breast Cancer.  J Clin Oncol. 34;7: 691-698. 
PATIENT EDUCATION EVENT
An Introduction to Mindfulness
Interested in reducing your stress and anxiety, improving your focus and enjoying life more?
  
Presented by: Karen Whitehead, MS, LMSW
TurningPoint Counselor and Certified Mindfulness Teacher
 
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
at TurningPoint
11 am - 12 Noon

This program is open to all breast cancer survivors, their families and their friends.

TurningPoint's monthly educational programs are offered free of charge through the support of our community partners and donors.  
RSVP Required by
Monday, June 6, 2016
Email RSVP or call 770-360-9271
Class size is limited.
Event Location:
TurningPoint Clinic
8010 Roswell Road, Suite 120
Atlanta, GA  30350
TURNING-POINTS 
Komen Atlanta Race for the Cure
Many of the participants walking with the TurningPoint Team gathered for a pre-race photo for the annual Susan G. Komen 5K Race for the Cure, May 7, 2016, at Lenox Square.  The Komen Atlanta  Affiliate is a long time supporter of TurningPoint and participants in this race raise funding for grants awarded to TurningPoint and other area breast cancer support organizations.  


QUESTIONING NUTRITION 
June Nutrition Q&A
by Lisa Eisele RD, CSO, LD, TurningPoint Dietitian

Q:  Is eating grilled meat safe?

A:  There are some concerns.
  
The American Institute for Cancer Research (ACIR) expert report says there is not enough evidence to show that grilled meat increases your risk of cancer.  But we do know that cooking meat at high temperatures, like grilling, creates cancer-causing substances that may attach to the meat via smoke or flame-ups.
 
QUILTING GROUP 
NOTE:  May Meeting Cancelled
Quilting Group Reminder:
Next meeting of the TurningPoint Quilting Group is
Saturday, June 18 from 9:00 am to Noon at TurningPoint's clinic.  
All are welcome, no experience needed.  
The group meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

Contact Amy Glass for more information.
MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP 
Coffee & Conversation
Wednesday June 22, 2016
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
 
Looking to live well with advanced breast cancer?  Join us for a social and supportive meeting.  

 
Open to all women in the community with advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Facilitated by:
Karen Whitehead, MS, LMSW
TurningPoint Counselor
RSVP required. Call TurningPoint 770-360-9271 or email your RSVP.
 
Contact TurningPoint Counselor Karen Whitehead  with questions or for more information.
 
This group is complimentary and supported by our community partners and donors.
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 WEEKLY EXERCISE CLASSES AT TurningPoint 
Yoga Class
Monday Mornings 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Mat Pilates Class
Wednesday Mornings 8:00 am - 9:00 am
 
Mat Pilates
This class is appropriate for women who have started basic core strengthening and have good range of motion in their extremities.
This class is appropriate for women who have started basic core strengthening and have good range of motion in their extremities.
Please bring a mat, a water bottle and wear comfortable clothing.

Class size is limited for both offerings.  RSVP required.
Call TurningPoint 770-360-9271 or email us at staff@myturningpoint.org

 Classes are complimentary and supported by our community partners and donors.
Our Mission
TurningPoint Breast Cancer Rehabiltation is a non-profit 501(c)3 community-based healthcare organization.  TurningPoint improves quality of life for women with breast cancer by providing, promoting and advocating evidence-based and specialized rehabilitation. TurningPoint was founded in 2003 and has served over 3,000 women with breast cancer in the Greater Atlanta community and educated hundreds of healthcare providers in the United States.
Thank You to Our Community Partners!

Komen Atlanta Race
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Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation

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