Renata
Renata is an enthusiastic client orientated pilates teacher for over 10 years. Providing a tailored classes for her clients’s needs. Renata believes that pilates has an endless benefits in the human health. Her experience comes from her 20 years contemporary dance background where she taught, performed and due to her eye for a details was regularly invited as a dance competitions judge.
She is interested in the movement rehabilitation. She specialises in lover back pain, pre & post-natal pilates and pilates for osteoporosis. She is a registered Osteopath with a strong ethos in educating clients.
Becca Van Klinken
Graduated in 2001 from Birmingham University with a BSc Honours in Physiotherapy and continued studying to gain a Postgraduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine from QMUL and a diploma from the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine. In addition Becca is a qualified Clinical Pilates Mat and Equipment instructor and has experience as a research physiotherapist on a nationwide study about treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME. Becca is currently studying a speciality of physiotherapy in cancer care in order to broaden her skills and enable her to rehabilitate people who have been diagnosed with cancer both during and after their treatment. She will also be treating people who suffer from lymphoedema.
Becca has worked both in the NHS and Private sector in a variety of settings from London to Barbados. Her career also included being the director of a busy City Clinic.
Becca specialises in musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, oncology, post-surgery and rehabilitation physiotherapy. She has a keen interest in sports bio-mechanics, particularly running technique and spinal pain related to poor spinal movement patterns. She gains satisfaction from enabling her clients return to the activities they love,pain free and with great form.
As a mother of two, Becca likes to share her first hand experience on how Physiotherapy and Pilates can play a key role during pregnancy and afterwards to aid post-natal recovery.
Why Exercise Really is the Best Medicine
They say laughter is the best medicine, and we agree it certainly does help, but recent studies have proven that exercise really is the best medicine -- especially in the fight against cancer.
West London Osteopath’s Cancer Rehab Physiotherapist Becca van Klinken, knows this to be true, as she helps women diagnosed with cancer to improve their quality of life and assist recovery through individualised exercise rehab programs.
Becca, who has worked as a Physiotherapist since 2001, said she draws on her lifelong love of sport, health and fitness to help her patients return to doing the things they love best following their cancer treatment.
“As a Certified Pinc & Steel Cancer Rehab Physio, my role is to help people regain and maintain movement, strength, and endurance before, during and after cancer treatment, enabling them to return to regular activities as soon as possible,” says Becca
In 2018, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) advocated for ‘exercise to be standard practice in cancer care and viewed as an adjuvant therapy to counteract the adverse effects of cancer and its treatments.’
COSA also recommends individual patient safety should be assessed by a health professional with knowledge of cancer, prior to exercise commencement.
Founder & Director, Pinc & Steel International, Lou James, says medical treatment may save lives, but cancer rehabilitation gives people their live back.
“It is common for people to reduce their level of physical activity after a cancer diagnosis. By getting the appropriate support and encouragement from a cancer rehabilitation therapist during and after treatment is essential to help you return to doing the things you love,’’ says Lou.
Becca says the role of a Cancer Rehab Therapist is to understand the needs of each individual patient, offer a safe rehabilitation environment and help patients understand what they can do, instead of being frustrated by what they can’t.
“Showing someone what they can do gives them confidence and hope they can return to their normal daily activities. I’ve also seen women become stronger during and after their treatment than when they were first diagnosed,” adds Becca
“This is why I love what I do and know that exercise really is the best medicine.”
SANA
Sana's first exposure to Pilates started at her local gym. Right from the start, she fell in love with Pilates. Through years of practice, Sana realised the positive impact that Pilates was having on her to alleviate the stress caused by her fashion industry work environment and decided to explore Pilates deeper, and so began her journey with Pilates.
She trained first with the Pilates Foundation as a mat work teacher at the Place and then with Anoushka Boone at Pilates in Motion in Ealing, with whom she has completed her comprehensive Pilates teacher training.
She is passionate about Pilates and is continually driven by sharing her love of the Pilates method with her clients, to help them to move better. Her passion and enthusiasm reflect in her teachings. She loves to watch them integrate the work in their bodies and lives.