PROJECT
PB-ACTIVE
Project:PB-Active
Recent research shows that being active has a positive impact on patients recovering from and receiving cancer treatment – from being better able to manage the side effects associated with treatment to improving overall quality of life – physical activity can support better patient outcomes.
For children and young people especially, being active during and after treatment can simply provide an opportunity to feel like themselves again.
Through our exercise therapy sessions, we focus on supporting children to find joy in movement again. Through the delivery of personalised exercise programmes, we help patients to maintain and improve their strength and physical fitness.
Project:PB-Active is delivered in partnership with the NHS at the Piam Brown Ward at Southampton General Hospital and at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. Some sessions take place on the ward and others take place in our gym location in Eastleigh.
“Thank you so much for working with us and aiding in my daughter’s recovery from this awful disease”
– Parent of child receiving our exercise therapy
Facts & Feedback
Exercise therapy sessions have been delivered to children and young adults both in the hospital setting and in our gym location
‘Life changing’
Is the phrase most commonly used by our beneficiaries, parents and medical staff when describing our exercise therapy service
“I cannot express how happy it has made me seeing my son smile and excited for his future. Even as I write this I know it’s not enough to explain just how happy he was when he came home”
– Parent of child receiving exercise therapy
“I’ve noticed a huge difference in my endurance. Now I can do things I love more easily. Thank you so much.”
– Child receiving exercise therapy
“You really did help get him back to who he was before.”
– Parent of child receiving exercise therapy
Phase 1
– On the Ward
Cancer care is invasive and exhausting. Children often spend hours bedbound during treatment.
This phase of PB-Active brings two exercise professionals onto the ward to deliver fun, tailored exercise therapy sessions to children in hospital.
For some, the sessions are the only chance they get to be active that day.
Even small amounts of movement can help improve mood, maintain physical function and give children back a sense of control during treatment.
Phase 2
– At our Gym
Our second phase gives children the opportunity to experience exercise outside a clinical environment.
Some are still undergoing treatment.
Others have completed theirs.
Every session is tailored to the individual child and their goals.
We help children rebuild the confidence they need to return to the activities they loved and discover new ways to be active.
The difference it makes
Parents see their children be themselves again.
Six-year-olds rediscover play through movement after treatment.
Teenagers return to activities and sports they loved without exhaustion.
PB-Active rebuilds strength, confidence and hope.
Not just for children, for the people who care for them as well.
The programme
We begin with an initial assessment involving the child and their parent or guardian.
Each exercise therapy plan is then tailored to the child and their goals.
Sessions are delivered one-to-one by trained exercise therapists.
Strength, endurance and mobility are tracked across the programme to show clear progress.
“My exercise therapist was a great coach and an even nicer person.”
– Child receiving exercise therapy
Impact Stories
Below are recent stories of local people who have benefited from our PB-Active project
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