STOTT PILATES Workshop Equipment Programming for Breast Cancer Rehab

Many more women will survive breast cancer today than ever before and a specially designed fitness program will be a tremendous asset to provide a more comfortable recovery and deliver increased strength and endurance to resume an active lifestyle. This workshop looks at a series of gentle, targeted resistance-based Reformer exercises, focusing on ROM for the entire shoulder girdle. Other areas of emphasis include establishing mobility, restoring posture, ensuring proper biomechanics and developing core and peripheral strength to address muscular imbalances created from various types of surgeries.

Learning objectives

  • Identify different types of breast cancer surgery and the side effects of each.
  • Understand how selected STOTT PILATES® Reformer exercises target specific muscle groups to begin rebalancing them.
  • Learn how specific modifications will increase effectiveness and safety for individual clients.

Prerequisites

  • Open to all Fitness Professionals and Pilates Instructors

Format

  • 2 hours face to face workshop

Assessment

  • No assessment

Certification

  • 0.2 Continuing Education Credits (only relevant for STOTT PILATES – 0.6 required per year)

Price

  • £60