PINC & STEEL is more than just helping people after cancer, it is about giving hope, strength and courage.
PINC & STEEL is more than just helping people after cancer, it is about giving hope, strength and courage.
Our PINC & STEEL Individual Programs are designed to improve strength, restore quality of life, and enhance well-being for anyone diagnosed with any type of cancer.
Delivered by certified Oncology Physiotherapists, our programs offer expert care, guidance, and support through every stage of treatment and recovery. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed, are undergoing treatment, or are navigating life after cancer, we are here to help.
Register to Get Started
Begin your rehabilitation journey by registering on our website:
[Register Here]
Connect with a Certified Physiotherapist
Once registered, our Patient Navigator will email you the contact details of a certified oncology rehabilitation physiotherapist near you. They’ll be happy to answer any questions and guide you through the next steps.
Book Your Initial Assessment
If you choose to proceed, your physiotherapist will book you for an initial session. During this session, they’ll take the time to understand your personal needs, challenges, and goals. Based on this, they’ll create a personalised rehabilitation plan tailored just for you. This may include a mix of individual and group sessions to support your strength, function, and overall well-being.
Access Financial Support
If you require financial assistance, your physiotherapist can help by applying for funding on your behalf—ensuring you can access the care and support you need.
"PINC & STEEL for me was strength, support, and fellowship - finding myself as an individual with potential again, rather than just a cancer patient." John Wilkinson
The PINC & STEEL rehabilitation programs are chronologically formatted into 4 phases. The timing of each phase is dependent upon the persons’s physical condition, the length of the healing process, the type of surgery involved and the courses of adjuvant treatments.
Pre Op Phase – is designed to help patients before their cancer treatment. It involves a pre-op assessment and education to identify any factors that may affect recovery from surgery and return to work. A pre-op rehab plan will be devised for each individual which will include specific exercises to strength muscles and improve stamina ; education and functional guidance.
* Post Op Phase – designed to assist in the healing process of patients who are recently post surgery. It aims to restore strength and flexibility to particular joints and muscle groups that have become weak and inflexible as a result of surgery. Includes manual physiotherapy and gentle modified exercises to maximise recovery from surgery, education and functional guidance for home and work.
* Treatment Phase – designed to improve energy levels and maintain health during cancer treatments to reduce the impact on physical functioning and overall conditioning. It aims to help patients manage fatigue, flexibility, strength and stamina to reduce time off work, muscle wasting and functional impairment. In addition to focusing on stretching and strengthening exercises for the upper and lower extremities, it contains workouts to improve abdominal strength and spinal stability; education about fatigue management, home and work based modifications and cardiovascular exercise.
* Survivorship Phase – Designed to facilitate overall conditioning to increase physical stamina after treatments are completed. It aims to improve cardiovascular fitness, strength and flexibility to increase endurance, elevate the metabolism, improve muscle tone and body composition. The exercise selection focuses on improving physical functioning to maximise recovery to return to work, and living a full and productive life. Education on fatigue management, return to work, sport and leisure activities.