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Long-Covid Syndrome

Feeling Wiped Out After Covid 19?

A few commonly experienced side effects of Long-Covid Syndrome include: 

  • Bodily aches and pains
  • Dizziness and Vertigo
  • Weakness, Fatigue, and Exhaustion
  • Shortness of breath with basic self-care 
  • Neck, Rib, Back pain from accessory breathing 
  • Difficulty with walking or standing due to exhaustion or muscle cramps 
  • Brain-fog, memory loss 
  • Confusion/ Anxiety/ depression
  • Hopelessness and Frustration 

What A Physical Therapy Rehab Team Can Do To Help You Recover From COVID-19

While many people recover from Covid-19 without lingering effects, others may experience a feeling of brain-fog, muscle and joint aches, extreme fatigue and shortness-of-breath for months following their illness. This has become known as “long-covid syndrome” and often requires carefully graded, gentle and prolonged rehabilitation for your body to regain its strength and return to normal. 

COVID-19 side effects should be treated just like any other kind of physical trauma that results in pain. Regaining your strength back after COVID-19 can be a long process, but physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy can help. Our skilled therapists at MD Neuro-Rehab and Wellness Center can help you regain muscle strength, stamina, and energy through the following types of programs:

  • Gentle, graded upper and lower body strengthening 
  • Balance and gait training
  • Carefully monitored and steadily graded cardio conditioning 
  • Chewing, and swallowing assessment and strengthening exercises 
  • Breathing exercises to increase breath support and lung capacity 
  • Yoga Stretching
  • Massage and Soft-Tissue Mobilization
  • Mind-Body awareness and Guided Meditation 
  • Cognitive Retraining for memory and organization 
  • Stress-management coping strategies 

Your therapists  will complete a full assessment of your condition, ask you health-related questions regarding your experience with COVID-19, and pinpoint the exact areas on your body that are stiff, weak, or painful.  From there, we will create a customized treatment plan specific to your needs for optimizing your levels of function and restoring your prior level of health. 

Contact Us!

MD Neuro-Rehab and Wellness Center doesn’t have all the answers about when COVID-19 will be a thing of the past. What we do know, is that our integrative PT/OT and Speech Rehabilitation protocol works!  If you or a loved one is struggling to recover from COVID-19, don’t let the painful side effects become chronic conditions. Contact us today!

Source: https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/06/02/covid-health-effects