Resources we love!

CanRehab is the first UK training provider to offer level 4 cancer and exercise rehabilitation courses. 

If you are living with or beyond cancer  and would like to work with one of their instructors, please get in touch: anna.campbell@CanRehab.co.uk 

This is an awesome resource to help Health Care Professionals integrate physical activity conversations into routine clinical care.

Macmillian have a lot of excellent resources on exercising when living with and beyond cancer. 

Check out this evidence review

This booklet for health care professionals

Click the link below for more general advice on healthy eating and activity.

The Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) began as a new concept in fully integrated specialist services directly accessible to anyone. They combine the very latest in Specialist Medicine, Human Performance, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Nutrition, Physiotherapy and Sport Science.

They are also currently running a FREE covid clinic for anyone who has had Covid and are looking to build back into exercising safely. This involves a short Video consultation with Dr Rebecca Robinson, consultant in Exercise Med at the centre. Email : appointments@chhp.com use the code '5KYW'. 

The Cancer Care map is an excellent tool, it is a UK wide online directory of cancer care services, putting you in touch with the support organisations in your local area.

 SafeFit is a fantastic free remote service for anyone in the UK with suspicion of or confirmed diagnosis of cancer. They put you in contact with a cancer exercise specialist who will help you via video consultations during the coronavirus crisis. 

The cancer exercise specialists offer you advice, support and resources to maintain and improve physical and mental well-being. 

Sarah Russell is a Clinical Exercise Specialist, Cancer Rehabilitation Instructor and Clinical Pilates Teacher.  

Sarah is also an expert on all things bowel cancer and having a stoma. She has written this fantastic book: 'The Bowel Cancer Recovery Toolkit' which we thoroughly recommend. 

 The Secondary Sisters are two friends who have  secondary breast cancer. They are doing an incredible job of changing perceptions of living with incurable breast cancer. 

Their Instagram feed contains so much great information to educate and inform as well as to promote many other brilliant initiatives and charities. 

Ryan founded Life Kitchen after his mum died of cancer; they provide free cookery classes and recipes to help people living with cancer to enjoy food again. 

Check out their website to find out some excellent free recipes. He also has an excellent new book: 'Life Kitchen: Recipes to revive the joy of taste and flavour.'

  This website contains lots of excellent blogs on how to exercise when living with and beyond cancer. 

From prehab to HITT sessions to strength training to running to prostate cancer to osteoporosis- there's brilliant, informative and well-written information for everyone to understand. 

Carolyn is a fabulous writer and a very knowledgeable cancer rehab instructor. She is currently writing a book:  A guide to getting fitter and stronger, for people living with, or beyond, cancer. We can't wait to read it!  

Tony Collier is a fantastic asset to 5k Your Way. He is our Wilmslow ambassador and our North West Regional Champion. He is brilliant at promoting the importance of exercise when living with and beyond cancer to everyone and has been instrumental in setting up many groups in and around Greater Manchester and the rest of the North West. 

His blogs are great to read and clearly come straight from the heart. Here's a snippet for you: 

"Why do I run then?

Firstly because it’s a massive part of my life and my running buddies mean the world to me but, secondly, running really helps dealing with all those horrible side effects as well as maintaining my mental health which took quite a hit with a terminal cancer diagnosis and, even now, the black dog of despair can and does descend. A run always helps though.

I suppose that there is another reason. Maybe I’m trying to outrun the cancer. I certainly think it will prolong my prognosis by staying as fit as possible." 

Sarah's website contains so many brilliant resources. She is an excellent support to 5k Your Way, you'll often find her leading our Move Your Way sessions! 

Her blogs are great, from life after a cancer diagnosis to exercise and diet tips, there's something everyone will find useful.