The Bowel Cancer Recovery Toolkit

Sarah Russell is a Clinical Exercise Specialist with a Masters degree in sport and exercise science and over 25 years' experience. She is a qualified cancer exercise instructor. She works as a consultant for ConvaTec (a global medical devices company) and has delivered training to hundreds of NHS nurses and clinicians, educating them about exercise after abdominal surgery. She has also presented to thousands of clinicians around the world at International conferences, regularly speaks at patient workshops for the Ileostomy Association and various cancer support groups, and is recognised as one of the leading specialists in this area. Sarah has published her work in numerous clinical journals including the British Journal of Nursing and the Journal of Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing as well as writing for various other magazines, papers and websites in the UK. Sarah understands the challenges of going through major abdominal surgery and living with a stoma, as she has had an ileostomy herself since 2010. She has gone on to run 27 marathons, various ultra-distance runs and endurance challenges, proving that having a stoma does not limit your life.