Learn movement to improve mobility, strength and confidence following breast cancer surgery

Breast cancer is the most common cancer to occur in women. This video is for you if have a student or loved one who has undergone breast cancer surgery and you wish to learn how to safely help them through their recovery. Breast cancer surgery can affect the movements of the chest, shoulders, arms, abdomen and back - in other words, the whole torso. In this video you will learn some useful movements, adaptations and general guidelines for gentle movement after breast cancer surgery.

Course curriculum

    1. Breast Cancer Recovery

About this course

  • Free
  • 1 lesson
  • 0 hours of video content

Instructor

Morven HAMILTON

Trainer Pro, Senior Yoga Teacher

Morven Hamilton is a breast cancer survivor and yoga teacher trainer who has been teaching yoga to people affected by cancer since 2011. She developed the yoga and mindfulness for cancer programme, Healing the Whole Person, in 2016. Her teacher training and further development programmes are for yoga teachers and professionals in related fields who wish to develop their skills in sharing yoga safely and compassionately with people affected by cancer. Morven worked for many years creating and delivering yoga programmes for Penny Brohn Complementary Cancer Care in Bristol and now delivers programmes for Weston Hospice Care and one-to-one yoga for people affected by cancer in her home town of Weston-super-Mare, UK.