Benefits of Dragon Boat Practice for Breast Cancer Patients

•Contributes to increasing muscle strength, physical fitness, and overall well-being.
•Promotes teamwork.
•Requires concentration and improves coordination.
•Diversity: It can be practiced by people of different ages and with different physical conditions.
•It is beneficial for the specific characteristics of various surgeries, from the least aggressive to those that also involve lymphadenectomy. This, in particular, is one of the most important aspects of the practice's benefits.
•Improves all the muscles involved: pectoral, dorsal and scapular
•Increases self-esteem.
•It reduces the effects associated with after-effects that can affect the psychological, physical, or social levels. This practice addresses all three by generating support, camaraderie, and joy.
•It helps you feel like you have some control over your recovery, turning this setback into success.
•It is an outdoor sport practiced in contact with the sea, which helps improve physical and emotional well-being.

In January 2023, the Folixa Yacht Club will open its "Dragon Boat" canoeing section for women with cancer, especially breast cancer survivors.
Over time and thanks to the open days, the team grew a lot, thus having a mixed and female team that is already preparing for its first national competition in April in Muiños.