Glenn B. Gero, Naturopathic Doctor

"As a naturopathic doctor, I employ a variety of natural therapies. While these therapies can be quite restorative and effective in stabilizing victims of cancer, my practice will now take on a new perspective now that I’ve completed your program. You have elevated the role of exercise and cancer survival to a level that nobody else has, and your ability to communicate this message is superb. Every doctor, trainer, physical and occupational therapist should be armed with this critical information."

Marcia Jones, Special Programs Manager - Avera McKennan Hospital Fitness Center

"I recommend the Cancer Exercise Training Institute for the OncoVie™ Cancer Exercise Specialist Advanced Qualification. The training is top-notch for any healthcare and fitness professional pursuing further education in exercise for cancer patients. The Cancer Exercise Specialist Advanced Qualification prepares professionals to recommend exercise programs that help patients manage and even overcome side-effects of cancer treatment/surgery through exercise and movement."

Laurie Knutson -Director Sanford Cancer Center Hematology & Oncology

"Thank you so much for the recent two- day training...loved your energy and appreciated your knowledge. You kept the workshop interesting and fun and the audience involved! The workbook was well-written and easy to follow. We will shortly be unveiling a full-fledged regional cancer wellness program at Sanford; your training helped us greatly with that programming. We look forward to a future return visit from you!"

Marjie Zimmerman, Personal Trainer, OncoVie™ CES - Virtua Health

"I took the ASCM cancer trainer certification last fall. Yours was WAY more practical, and helped me to pass my ASCM! Other fitness managers have been referred to me, asking which certification they should have their trainers take. Your program teaches a Trainer how to work with cancer clients. ACSM is simply a test of knowledge. Thanks for your efforts. I am one Trainer who cares, and so do my clients. They think I am the one and only expert on cancer and exercise thanks to you!"

Kristie Agan - Regional Program Director Central Coast YMCA

"Thank you for the best training I have ever been to relating to the fitness industry.Amazing information; I am very excited to implement the program and your execution of the information was perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

What's Included: 

For those interested in becoming an OncoVie™ Cancer Exercise Specialist - Pilates, you will have access to 16 hours of recorded ZOOM training with Portia Page and Andrea Leonard along with specific Pilates-based cancer exercise training videos by Portia Page.

Portia Page is the author of Pilates Illustrated, a comprehensive guide that offers detailed instructions and visual aids for Pilates exercises. She is a distinguished Pilates Master Instructor, educator, and author with over three decades of experience in the fitness and wellness industry. Her extensive career encompasses roles as a teacher, program and fitness director, international presenter, and author, reflecting her deep commitment to promoting health and movement. Since 2006, Portia has been a Master Instructor for Balanced Body®, where she serves as the Education Curriculum Coordinator. In this capacity, she has been instrumental in developing and refining educational programs, including Pilates, Barre, CoreAlign, MOTR, Bodhi, and Anatomy in 3-Dimensions. Her role involves mentoring instructors and contributing to the evolution of movement education.

• 4 full-color handbook downloads (hard copies available for purchase)
• 2024 updates on treatment, surgical procedures, and global statistics (2022 most recent available)
• Family cancer syndromes
• Cancer staging
• 5 Stages of grief
• What to say to a friend or loved one
• Palliative care
• Being a caregiver
• Cancer and the immune system - microbiome
• Important things to consider - exercise programming
• Mindful breathing
• Nervous system side-effects
• Cancer-related pain
• Mental and physical fatigue
• Survivorship
• The psychology of fitness
• Cancer treatment and weight management
• Alcohol and cancer risk
• Conquering cancer with nutrition
• Taking control of your emotions
• Working with the medical community
• 21 cancer surgery videos including breast reconstruction
• Scar tissue awareness video
• 3 Exercise programming for breast cancer survivors videos
• Upper and lower extremity lymphatic drainage videos by Portia Page
• 7 Pilates-specific exercise programming videos by Portia Page
• 2 Cancer and co-morbidities videos
• Breath as medicine video
• Dr. Jay Harness - emotional reconstruction video
• 3 Interview with Dr. de la Melena videos
• 3 assessment videos
  • Postural assessment
  • Goniometric measurements
  • 30-sec. sit-to-stand

The OncoVie™ Cancer Exercise Specialist - Pilates Advanced Qualification was developed for health and fitness professionals seeking to attain a higher level of mastery and work with cancer patients during and after cancer surgery and treatment and into survivorship. Participants will gain a complete understanding of the entire cancer process from diagnosis and treatment to reconstruction and survivorship. Our unique and individualized programming will help to improve the patient’s ability to cope with the mental and physical stress following cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Our comprehensive programming covers 26 types of cancer, as well as pediatrics, with special emphasis on breast cancer and breast reconstruction. We provide two methods for obtaining your Advanced Qualification: home study and live in-person or virtual workshops. The Cancer Exercise Training Institute has trained more health and fitness professionals worldwide to become OncoVie™ Cancer Exercise Specialists than any other organization. Andrea Leonard, MS, CES, PES, CPT - 41-year cancer survivor, PFP 2019 Personal Trainer of the Year, author of “Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors,” NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist and Performance Enhancement Specialist, ACE Certified Personal Trainer, and President/Founder of the Cancer Exercise Training Institute began her extensive research in 1995; long before anyone had ever heard of “cancer exercise.” She spent three years working on Essential Exercises with the chiefs of breast surgery at Georgetown, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins University Hospital Medical Centers. Realizing there was a need to assist patients with many types of cancer, Andrea expanded her research and writing to cover a broader spectrum. She is truly a pioneer in the field of cancer and exercise and has paved the way for other organizations to follow.

We offer the following Continuing Education Credits:

ACE - 3.5

AFAA - 15

Australia FItness - You may be eligible for AUSactive CEC's through ACE

Canfitpro - 4

CIMSPA - 10 CPD

ESSA

ISSA - 22

NASM - 1.9

NSCA - 20

Yoga Alliance - 22 non-contact

* If you are on a payment plan, you will receive access to the final examination upon completion of your final payment. If you would like to pay off your account early, please email [email protected]

Dr. Jay Harness

Listen to an introduction to the Oncovie™ Cancer Exercise Specialist course from Dr Jay Harness, MD, FACS, and the founder of Cancer Fitness. He is an emeritus breast surgeon at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA, and Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, CA.

LaGary Carter, Dean

Hear an overview of cancer exercise and the CETI curriculum from LaGary Carter, Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Troy University, along with being a Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner. 

 He provides some of the course guidance in the OncoVie™ Cancer Exercise Specialist Advanced Qualification course.