Rebound, Advice from the greatest sports coaches in the fight against cancer

Health

Sports and Martial Arts

Patrice Viens

Pierre Dantin

Éditions Michel Lafon

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272 pages

Can we work with a cancer patient the way we coach a top athlete? Can the motivational methods that brought French handball to the top of the world rankings be transposed to oncology and more broadly to health in general?

Researchers at the Paoli-Calmettes Institute, a regional cancer treatment centre in Marseilles,
have been exploring this unprecedented avenue of psychological support since spring 2016, with a trial programme developed in collaboration with high-level sports coaches.

The programme is called Rebound. Its name
illustrates its objective: to set people on a new path after surviving cancer. Participants are invited to set themselves goals and become more autonomous, not only seeking wellbeing but pushing themselves beyond their mental and physical limits. In the wake of the trial’s success, Pierre Dantin and Patrice Viens explain the secrets of their method in this book, which will
be useful for anyone dealing with illness and, more broadly, life’s challenges.

Patrice Viens

Patrice Viens is a specialist in inflammatory breast cancer. He has actively participated in the Rebound programme to humanize cancer care.

Pierre Dantin

Pierre Dantin is director of the Research Laboratory on Sport and Performance at the University of Aix-Marseille. He was General Secretary of the Olympique de Marseille FC, and founder of the Coaching Academy and the Rebound programme.
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