Being Active - Classes

Prehabilitation/ Rehabilitation Exercise Classes in Ipswich, Felixstowe and Wickham Market

Your clinician or cancer nurse specialist may speak with you about the importance of exercise during one of your appointments in preparation for treatment. 

You are entitled to ten sessions of exercise classes at no cost to yourself (funding is provided by the Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity). These do not have to be in consecutive weeks: for instance you may have some sessions prior to treatment and/ or take breaks during treatment. Places are limited so if you are unable to attend, please contact the instructor. Once you have completed the first ten sessions, your instructor will discuss further options with you so that you can carry on with the fitness programme if you feel it would be beneficial.

When you make contact with the Ipswich Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre, please ask if there are other ways in which you may aid your preparation and recovery: there are, for instance, specific exercise activities to assist people undergoing treatment for breast cancer and prostate cancer.

How to access the scheme

To make a request to join one of the exercise classes, please contact the Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre on:

Tel: 01473 715748 or e-mail: cancer.support@esneft.nhs.uk. 

When you make contact with the Centre, you can choose to request joining classes in Felixstowe, Ipswich or Wickham Market. You will be provided with a link to an online form to make an application, or if you prefer, be offered an appointment to speak with one of the team to assist you in making your request.

Where are classes held?

The exercise classes are held weekly. Full details will be provided when you have registered for the programme.

Felixstowe classes were previously known as “Back on Track”

Macmillan resources:

Exercising safely when you have cancer

Being physically active during treatment

Common questions about physical activity and cancer

Advisory

We have taken reasonable endeavours to ensure that the content of these classes is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate and suitable for most people. However, it is not tailored to any specific characteristic or person. Before following and undertaking the exercises here, you (and anyone else taking part) should consult with a health professional and/or your GP if you: consider it necessary; have any concerns about your health; are not sure whether the exercises are suitable; have any pre-existing health problems, injuries, or any current symptoms. Undertaking these exercises is at your own risk. You should stop exercising immediately and seek medical attention if you should feel any discomfort. We shall not be held liable or responsible for any injury, loss or damage of any kind (including, (without limitation) any direct, special, indirect or consequential damages) arising out of or in connection with the use of this exercise class by you or anyone else except to the extent that such liability cannot be limited or excluded by law. When participating in an exercise or exercise programme, there is the possibility of sustaining a physical injury. If you engage in this exercise programme, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities and assume all risk of injury to yourself. All contracts subject to and governed by English Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.