Mbodies Pink Ribbon – Trains the UK’s Breast Cancer Exercise specialists with its Pilates based Post Operative Rehabilitation Course. By Chris Onslow
The Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Rehabilitation course will prepare Pilates Instructors to qualify and be certified as a Breast Cancer Exercise specialist. Overview of Breast Cancer in the UK One in nine women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer at some time in their life and according to the UK Office of National Statistics Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer in England. More than 11,500 people will die of Breast Cancer every year. Over 600,000 people who have been treated for Breast Cancer are currently living in the UK. For many thousands of women who have survived Breast Cancer the disease will return, and the cycle of treatment and decision making will start all over again, the return of the cancer may or may not be related to the first incidence. In 2010 there were approximately 50,000 new cases of Breast Cancer in women and 400 cases in men with the highest incidence in the 60 to 70-year-old age range. Less than 20% of all Breast Cancer new diagnoses are in wo