037 5k Your Way Scotland with Lisa Anne O’Donnell

Creating Active Lives

In this week's episode I speak to Lisa Anne O'Donnell a therapeutic radiographer from Scotland. Lisa has her own struggles with chronic illness which led her to discover more about the benefits of exercise.
She now works with cancer patients to help them understand the benefits of exercise throughout their journey with cancer and she shares with us some of her recommendations for exercising with cancer.
About Lisa
Lisa Anne O’Donnell is a Therapeutic Radiographer at the Beatson West Of Scotland Cancer Centre and Lecturer in Radiotherapy and Oncology at Glasgow Caledonian University. She holds a BSc Hons Radiation Oncology Science 2004, CanRehab Course 2021 and is currently carrying out her dissertation for her MSc in Advancing Practice at The University of Stirling.

Her own struggles with chronic illness and pain led her to explore exercise within her life. The physical and mental benefits caused her to look at how she could apply this to her patients' lives. She discovered CanRehab and their training course and recognised the importance of movement for people with cancer. Lisa Anne now integrates it into discussions with patients on a daily basis and helps to educate other staff and students on the benefits to those living with a cancer diagnosis.

She was lucky enough to become involved with the 5KYW from Move charity to set up their first ever group in Scotland. This encourages those living with or beyond, a cancer diagnosis to join with Parkrun on the last Saturday of every month to walk, run or volunteer.

Links:

https://movecharity.org/

https://5kyourway.org/scotland-groups

https://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate-radiotherapy-and-oncology-glasgow
About Sarah:
Sarah Bolitho helps fitness and health professionals develop their careers and grow their businesses by providing specialist training in teaching, assessing, and internal quality assurance, together with qualifications in exercise referral and disability.

With over 30 years in the health-related fitness and physical activity fields, Sarah has a wealth of experience and knowledge. She has worked in most roles in the industry from group exercise to personal training but specialised in working with specialist populations. For over 25 years Sarah has trained fitness and health professionals to work with clients with long-term conditions, mental health issues, disabilities, older adults and pre/post-natal women. She has a post-graduate diploma in exercise and health behaviour and extensive training in supporting behaviour change. She has worked with awarding organisations to develop qualifications and training and with accreditation bodies to endorse high-quality non-regulated training.

In her spare time, you will usually find Sarah walking in the mountains, by the sea or anywhere in nature.

For more about the training and support Sarah offers, visit www.sarahbolitho.com or contact her at [e-mail].
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