Strength and Conditioning and the effect on Hormone Levels to Men receiving androgen suppression therapy for Prostate Cancer – Bill Taylor & Adore Your Pelvic Floor

22nd November 2021

 

Bill Taylor, is a Physiotherapist with over 30 years’ experience in the treatment of pelvic dysfunction.

Bill is widely recognized internationally with a special interest in Chronic Pelvic Floor Dysfunction incorporating manual AND exercise therapy in addressing this condition. He is a Consultant Physiotherapist for Scottish Ballet and also at the Scottish Dance Theatre and has worked with them for over 20 years.

As a Visiting Lecturer at Edinburgh University Bill contributes to the MSc in Dance Science and Education, teaching the Preventative Dance Injury Module. In addition, he lectures at Edinburgh Napier University on the BSc /MSc Midwifery course and the MSc Physiotherapy course. Recently Bill has become a member of the visiting Faculties at Burnell and Keele Universities. In this session Bill has covered:

1. The current strategy for pelvic floor training
2. Why strength train?
3. Where to start?
4. Where to train?
5. The basic principles of strength training
6. Implementing a training programme?

Bill Taylor: https://taylorphysiotherapy.com/

Adore Your Pelvic Floor: https://adoreyourpelvicfloor.co.uk

Prostate Cancer UK: https://prostatecanceruk.org/

Macmillan: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

To find your local Men’s Pelvic health Physio: https://www.squeezyapp.com/directory/

Squeezy App for Men to help with pelvic floor exercises: https://www.squeezyapp.com/directory/https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/squeezy-for-men-the-nhs-physiotherapy-app-for-pelvic/id929618748

Pelvic Roar offer great Men’s Health Advice https://www.pelvicroar.org/men

Video Series Endorsed by Katrina Wade – Specialist Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health Physio BSc (HONS) MCSP https://www.bodyworksphysio.net/men-s-health/physiotherapy-and-prostate-surgery/

We welcome health organisations to share the endorsed series as a free resource to enable men to have access to evidence-based advice to support them during hormone treatment.

Video Series Endorsed by Katrina Wade – Specialist Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health Physio BSc (HONS) MCSP https://www.bodyworksphysio.net/men-s-health/

We thank Bill and the rest of the team that have made these videos possible, Louise Field

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