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title: "Blog: Exercise and Prostate Cancer"
url: /blog
primary_question: "Where can I find plain-English, evidence-based information about exercise and prostate cancer?"
sources:
  - "NICE NG131 (Prostate cancer: diagnosis and management)"
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# Blog

Plain-English writing about exercise and prostate cancer.

These articles answer the questions men actually ask about exercise, prostate cancer, and its treatment. Each one starts with the feeling or the question, then sets out what the evidence says. The writing is honest and sourced. It makes no promises about your own results.

Every claim about what exercise can do is written in the third person and tied to a source. Usually that source is NICE guidance or peer-reviewed research. Where the evidence is thin, we say so.

## Written in plain English

Piotr Kardas writes these articles. He is a Prostate Cancer Exercise Specialist, Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist. He does this work one to one every week.

We keep the language simple and name our sources on the page.

## Browse by topic

New articles are published regularly, each under one of the topics below. The current list of articles is on the Blog page: https://www.healthyswitch.me/blog

**The evidence and NICE NG131.** Plain-English explainers of what the national guideline actually says about exercise for men on hormone therapy.

**Hormone therapy.** The side effects many men notice on hormone therapy, also called androgen deprivation therapy, and what the evidence says can help.

**Surgery and recovery.** Returning to activity after prostate surgery, step by step and at a sensible pace.

**Radiotherapy.** Staying active during and after radiotherapy, and what the research suggests about fatigue.

**Active surveillance.** What you can focus on while you watch and wait with your care team.

**Staying active day to day.** Gentle, practical starting points for keeping moving, through treatment and beyond.

## A shorter route, if you'd rather talk

Prefer to talk it through? You can book a 15-minute online video consultation with Piotr. It is a calm, private conversation about where you are and what might help.

Book a 15-minute consultation: https://www.healthyswitch.me/consultation

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*Always consult your oncologist or consultant before beginning any exercise programme.*