Session 7: The Importance of Cardiovascular Health for Men Receiving Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer with Rebecca McDonald and Adore Your Pelvic Floor

Rebecca McDonald is a Personal Trainer, Exercise Physiologist, Pelvic Floor and Health Coach, Pilates and Group Exercise Instructor, Nutritional Therapist, whilst working with Long Covid Rehabilitation and is a Rehabilitation Assistant alongside James McDonald for The Body Coaches in Medway.

Her personal goal is to reach out to anyone who needs help with their health management, increasing movement and longevity, increasing individuals’ quality of life in all aspects.

Rebecca has recently designed and filmed an exercise video library for a local cancer pre-habilitation service to increase the rates of recovery.

She is currently launching a project to help the elderly population locally to increase their current health and well-being, taking part in increasing physical activity to improve their mobility, social activity and mental health.

In this session Rebecca has covered:

• The effects of hormone therapy on Cardiovascular Health?
• Exercise prescription guidelines
• Choosing suitable exercise
• Dealing with fatigue
• Benefits of moving with cancer

Please check with your Cancer Care Team with regards to any risk factors that need to be considered prior to exercising.

Rebecca can be found on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeckyMcDonaldpt Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/thebodycoachesmedway

Adore Your Pelvic Floor: https://adoreyourpelvicfloor.co.uk/

Prostate Cancer UK: https://prostatecanceruk.org/

Macmillan: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

To find your local Men’s Pelvic health Physio: https://www.squeezyapp.com/directory/

Squeezy App for Men to help with pelvic floor exercises: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/squeezy…

Pelvic Roar offer great Men’s Health Advice https://www.pelvicroar.org/men

We welcome health organisations to share the endorsed series as a free resource to enable men to have access to evidence-based advice to support them during hormone treatment.

Video Series Endorsed by Katrina Wade – Specialist Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health Physio BSc (HONS) MCSP https://www.bodyworksphysio.net/men-s...

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