Pulmonary Rehabilitation
If you have chronic breathing issues that make it difficult to do everyday activities like walking up a flight of stairs or getting dressed, we can help. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program that uses exercise and education to help people manage symptoms of their chronic lung conditions.
What is Pulmonary Rehab?
Pulmonary rehab is an outpatient program that benefits those who suffer from chronic respiratory diseases. Through exercise, education, and behavioral changes, pulmonary rehab is designed to improve the physical and psychological condition of people with chronic respiratory diseases
Each exercise program is designed to meet your individual needs. We take into account your past medical history, risk factor profile, and current medical evaluation. Our multidisciplinary team will work with you to devise the best healthcare plan for you.
Our primary goal is to return you to an optimum active lifestyle and our program is designed to recondition and improve cardiopulmonary function.
Pulmonary Rehab provides:
- Monitored exercise
- Supplemental oxygen guidance
- Heart health teaching for risk factor modification
- Positive support system
Other patient services include:
Our dedicated Pulmonary Rehab staff:
Andrew Polasek, Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Benefits
We strive to educate patients about the type of physical performance and proper nutrition their bodies should have while helping them realize the benefits they are deriving through performance monitoring.
Strengthening and conditioning your heart and lungs
- Supplemental oxygen guidance and continuous oxygen saturation monitoring
- Controlling weight and improving cholesterol levels, including HDL, LDL, triglycerides, and total cholesterol
- Understanding your medications, the signs and symptoms of heart disease, and when to seek medical attention
- Increase self-confidence
- Laying the groundwork for the development of a healthier lifestyle
- Reducing your symptoms
- Earlier return to work and activities in daily living
- Developing healthy habits and stress reduction skills, as well as relaxation techniques
- Smoking cessation
- Provide emotional support for you and your family
Care Provided
You may benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation if your medical history includes:
- Asthma
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Chronic Respiratory Failure
- Chronic Bronchitis
- COVID-19
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Diaphragm dysfunction
- Emphysema
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Lung Transplant
- Restrictive Lung Disease
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Viral Cardiomyopathy
