Level 4 Courses in Cancer and Exercise Rehabilitation

Course Overview

The Level 4 Qualification in Cancer and Exercise Rehabilitation will teach you to design, agree and adapt a physical activity programme to aide cancer rehabilitation for your clients or patients living with cancer.

CanRehab is a specialist training company delivering only Cancer specific courses. It has been devised and written by Professor Anna Campbell MBE (CanRehab director), who specialises in researching the role of exercise in cancer survivorship and is considered a national expert in this field.

Why Study for this Course?

The CanRehab team was the first U.K. training provider to be able to offer a Level 4 Qualification in Cancer and Exercise Rehabilitation, which is recognised by the Register of Exercise Professionals and more recently CIMSPA.

In the past it was assumed that the best advice to give anyone diagnosed with cancer was to rest as much as possible. However, research has shown that too much rest may result in loss of stamina, muscle tone and bone strength. As with other long-­term conditions such as cardiac disease, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease it is time to provide cancer rehabilitation as part of a cancer care package and make a policy shift towards recommending physical activity during and after cancer treatment.

CanRehab believe there is a growing awareness among many health professionals that by prescribing exercise to patients living with cancer they can not only reduce the side effects of cancer treatment but can also reduce the risk of the cancer recurring. CanRehab believes that it is vitally important that clients and patients are given the correct advice by professionally trained fitness instructors who are able to design and adapt a physical activity programme for each individual which will aide their recovery.