How do you do this? How do you help someone live with or afraid of developing lymphedema, regaining this confidence back to start lifting weights again or starting again? not again, but starting, if so.

That's a tricky one, but yes, you know, fear is completely understandable.

You know, if you have been told for months or even for years to be careful with your arm, it is natural to feel anxious about lifting weights.

So the first thing I do is not hand someone a dumbbell.

I listen.

Before we strengthen the muscle, we have to strengthen the person's confidence.

I ask them, what's it that they're afraid of? Sometimes they are afraid of the swelling.

Do you think we're finally moving beyond the fear of strength training in breast cancer survivor? And what does this mean for the way we prescribe exercise in clinical practice?