This course prepares therapists to deliver the Strength After Breast Cancer program which is an evidence-based rehabilitative exercise program for breast cancer survivors. The Strength ABC program is based on the Physical Activity and Lymphedema (PAL) Trial which assessed the safety and efficacy of slowly progressive weightlifting for breast cancer survivors with or at risk for lymphedema. The results of the PAL trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology among other peer-reviewed scientific journals. This weightlifting intervention decreased lymphedema exacerbations by 50%; decreased the onset of lymphedema by 70% (among women with 5+ nodes removed); improved body composition, body image, and upper body symptoms; and prevented the decline in physical function that is observed to occur in breast cancer survivors. The course provides all the materials needed to set up the program in your own facility.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
This online course covers all aspects of setting up and running the Strength After Breast Cancer program including how to:
Materials you will receive include:
Course access is NOT immediate due to the need to ensure that the prerequisites are met and to allow for hand processing of the order. Upon registration and payment of the course fee, you will be emailed a Student Agreement within 3 business days. Once the Agreement is electronically signed by you and emailed back to Klose Training, a username and password for accessing the online course will be emailed to you within 3 business days. You will have 3 MONTHS of access to the online course from the time the access information is emailed to you.
This course is open to Certified Lymphedema Therapists who are graduates of a lymphedema training program of at least 135 hours. Proof of your initial MLD/CDT training course/program must be provided to Klose Training before access to the course can be provided. Nationally-Certified Fitness Professionals* WITH access to a Certified Lymphedema Therapist (CLT) may also register.
*Nationally-Certified Fitness Professionals must have a certification specific to working with cancer patients (e.g. ACSM’s Cancer Exercise Trainer certification or the Cancer Exercise Training Institute Course) AND documentation of 500 hours of direct contact working with cancer survivors in a fitness intervention setting AND documentation of partnership with a CLT who can evaluate survivors and to whom survivors can be referred if there is a change in symptoms.
NOTE: It is the student’s responsibility to know the legal limits (scope of practice) of their profession.
Tuition: $275. Full amount is due upon registration. For our refund and cancellation policy, please refer to the Student Agreement.
This course totals 4.5 contact hours and has been approved for CEUs for Physical and Occupational Therapists by the organizations and states listed here. Online course hours are also approved for Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) re-certification.
To receive a Certificate of Completion, the student must be a licensed health care professional and watch all video portions of the course, pass an online quiz with a score of 80% or better, and return the required documents specified in the course. The Certificate will then be emailed to the student.
Klose Training is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 12927. This distance learning- independent is offered at .45 CEUs, Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
