Many patients who were critically ill with COVID-19 face arduous recoveries, often requiring extensive physical rehabilitation. The scale of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than twenty five million people in the United States infected so far, suggests that a significant number of patients who survive COVID-19 will go on to develop post-intensive care syndrome.
How can Druid Hills Physical Therapy help with the long recovery after COVID-19?
We treat our patients focusing on helping you to full recovery as quickly as possible. By utilizing hands-on manual therapy and therapeutic exercise, we can help you get back to your life as quickly as possible, while also ensuring that you gain long-term success.
After experiencing COVID-19 , we can help you recover from the following:
- Fatigue
- Muscle aches
- Shortness of breath
- Mild to severe significant impact on your musculoskeletal system
- Inability to exercise
How COVID-19 contributed to these symptoms?
Recent studies indicate that 50-80% of symptomatic people diagnosed with COVID-19 continue to experience some symptoms up to 3 months following initial onset even following a negative COVID test. Don’t wait to seek treatment!
What can PT do to help you?
PT focused on building back your strength and endurance and allow you to return back to doing the things in life that you have been stopped from doing.
Guided and skilled program focused on current exercise guidelines:
- 150 minutes a weekÂ
- Graded intensity of exercise based on symptomsÂ
- Safe and Skilled progression of activity to make gains in recovery
Why is PT so important for you?
The effects of decreased activity from fatigue, decreased strength due to the impact on your muscles, the decreased endurance and shortness of breath can all lead to much more significant issues. At the very least we need to stop the continued decrease with the ultimate goal of returning you to you prior level.
