Thriving Beyond Prostate Cancer

Brad Butt



Bio

Brad Butt is a Canberra based community pharmacist with a passion for mens urological health. In 2013 he founded Mens Health Downunder; a pharmacist led mens health clinic supporting men with their urological health. He has just completed a 7 month sabbatical travelling Australia speaking with men and their health care teams about urological health and where to get help acknowledging some of the challenges of living regionally or remote in this vast country. 

Heath Prentice

Founder, Prostate Rehabilitation Exercise Program (PREP)

Bio

Heath Prentice has designed the Prostate Exercise Rehabilitation Program to help men with prostate cancer prevent and recover from many symptoms of prostate cancer treatments. Heath is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) and completed an undergraduate degree in Science, Exercise and Health Science at the University of Western Australia. Once completing his undergraduate degree Heath then chose to undertake a Graduate Diploma in Exercise Rehabilitation at the University of Western Australia to become an AEP.

Upon graduating Heath began working at PROST! Men's Health Exercise for Prostate Cancer, where he has been the head Exercise Physiologist since 2012. Working in the face-to-face delivery of exercise for men with prostate cancer has given Heath a profound understanding of the side effects of all prostate cancer treatments and the best exercises to help combat side effects such as incontinence, erectile dysfunction, fatigue and loss of muscle mass.

Through PROST! Heath has developed detailed knowledge of pelvic floor muscles and how to train them most effectively. Heath is also a certified Pilates instructor and has discovered that combining principles of Pilates with strength-based exercises can help men successfully engage the correct muscles and recover from prostate cancer side effects.

Having worked with dozens of men with prostate cancer over the years Heath would now like to share his knowledge and help as many men recover from prostate cancer as possible. He has seen the benefits of pelvic floor specific and generalized strength training firsthand and his vision is for every man with prostate cancer to engage in regular exercise that has been created specifically for them.