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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Fitness and Movement Instructors: A Focus on Cancer Rehabilitation

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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is essential for fitness instructors, Pilates instructors, yoga and dance instructors, physiotherapists, and other medical movement professionals.  This blog post aims to explore the available CPD courses and qualifications for cancer rehabilitation, with a particular focus on breast cancer survivors.  We will look at longer courses as well as shorter taster workshops. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses and workshops play a crucial role in equipping fitness and movement instructors with the knowledge and skills necessary to support cancer patients and survivors.  Longer, more detailed training programs, such as those offered by Mbodies Training Academy and CanRehab, provide in-depth education and thorough assessment, ensuring that instructors are well-prepared to work with this special population.  In contrast, shorter workshops from companies like STOTT Pilates and BASI Pilates offer valuable introductory knowledge without for

Official sounding Pilates Organisations are Confusing Students – is this their intention?

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The confusion around Pilates Instructor training is increasingly made more chaotic by official sounding and competing interest groups, and organisations implying (but not saying) that they set obligatory government training standards which when fact checked are not official in terms of National Standards or required accreditation. In recent months, there has been growing confusion among prospective and existing Pilates instructors regarding the accreditation of Pilates apparatus training courses.  This confusion is largely driven by targeted social media campaigns and email blasts suggesting the establishment of new national standards and accreditation bodies for Pilates in the UK.  Here are some key points to consider: 1.  Frequent Inquiries I receive weekly emails from various sources, stating the writer’s confusion about the accreditation of Pilates apparatus training.  Recent communications, such as those from the "National Pilates Certification Program" (NPCP), Pil