PC-PEP is a 6-month, home-based, comprehensive health-promotion program for men with a diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.
The program comprises daily emails and videos over 6 months, and will focus on various health-promoting components to reduce side effects and optimize your post-treatment recovery, including:
- Physical Exercise – daily aerobic activity encouragement and a prescribed twice-per-week strength training workout developed by a Certified Exercise Physiologist
- Pelvic Floor Exercises – a progressively more challenging set of exercises and instruction from a Urodynamics Nurse and Physiotherapist to help you regain your urinary continence sooner
- Stress Reduction and Relaxation – daily mindfulness, breathing, and self-regulation techniques, along with a provided biofeedback heart rate monitor to improve your ability to adapt to stress
- Nutrition – healthy tips and recommendations to improve your diet and eating habits
- Relationships and Connections – teachings and encouragement to experience greater intimacy with others
- Optional social support – connecting with other men in the program and having the option to call and chat with them
Watch this video to discover more about the program:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbegkNU-ckg
Here are two examples of daily videos*.
*If the Romanian subtitles don’t appear automatically, simply click the ‘Settings’ gear icon and select ‘Romanian’ under Subtitles/CC.
Day 1:
Day 23: