A special stand up paddle programme is being run in Rotorua this summer for people recovering from cancer.
Pinc and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Centre will be running the freestand up paddle programme called PaddleOn.
This rehabilitation programme is for men and women of any age recovering from all types of
cancer who have completed their primary treatment.
Certified Pinc cancer rehabilitation physiotherapist, Melanie Loveless would be running the programme in Rotorua with the help of a local paddle board instructor. Mrs Loveless said she was a novice when it came to paddle boarding but has had specific training so she knows the basics. She said this would be the first time they have run this programme and if it went well they were hoping to make it an annual thing.
"We are looking for people who are motivated to step outside their comfort zones, we don't want people who can paddle board already. "It's about taking people who have been through the lowest of lows and giving them the message if you can master this after being quite unwell then you can master anything. It's to get people having fun and doing something new and different."
