Physiotherapists play a key role in providing safe, individualised exercise prescription before, during and after cancer treatment.

Cancer, Palliative Care and Lymphoedema National Group members, Dr Amy Dennett APAM, Jayne Grubits APAM, Tara Redemski APAM, MACP, Amy Bowman APAM, Hildegard Reul-Hirche APAM, MACP and Germaine Tan APAM,present five discussion points about exercise prescription in cancer treatment and the role of physiotherapists.

The Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) has highlighted key messages from the 5 facts article featured in the July edition of InMotion and produced this infographic. Click on the image below to access a printable A3 file. 

About the authors:

Dr Amy Dennett APAM is an APA Cancer Physiotherapist and a Victorian Cancer Agency Fellow at Eastern Health, Victoria. Her research focuses on cancer and exercise.

Tara Redemski APAM, MACP is an APA Cancer Physiotherapist, an APA Lymphoedema Physiotherapist and a senior physiotherapist at the Gold Coast University Hospital’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Unit.

Jayne Grubits APAM is a physiotherapist at ELPE Health, where she has a focus on disability and cancer rehabilitation with the aim of improving physical function and quality of life.

Amy Bowman APAM is a senior physiotherapist and lymphoedema therapist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.

Hildegard Reul-Hirche APAM, MACP is an APA Lymphoedema Physiotherapist and an honorary research physiotherapist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

Germaine Tan APAM is a physiotherapist involved in cancer exercise clinical and research work at Eastern Health, Victoria and the National Chair of the APA Cancer, Palliative Care and Lymphoedema National Group.

This infographic is a Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) initiative supported by FlexEze – partner of the PRF.