Rehab & Physio Needs for Post-COVID Patients

It has been well-known to all that COVID-19 infection affects patients’ respiratory systems. But there are other health complications that linger after COVID-19 infection.

While the majority will experience mild symptoms, including a fever, a sore throat, headaches, the loss of taste or smell, or a skin rash, some patients will, unfortunately, develop more serious symptoms, such as blood clots, reduced joint mobility, pain in check, neck, and shoulders, muscle weakness, fatigue, neurological disorders, and severe inflammation. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation are therefore critical and effective for these patients to overcome the after-effects of COVID-19, improve the day-to-day function and get fully back to normal quickly.

Muscular Weakness & Pain

If you have got an acute COVID-19 infection, you might have spent a long time in bed and are not moving much. Prolonged immobilization can result in significant loss of muscle strength and stiff joints, making patients difficult to walk and sit up. It’s estimated that patients will have lost 2% of their muscle mass each day during the COVID-19 illness.

If you are struggling with muscular pain and weakness, various physical therapy methods such as extracorporeal shockwave therapy, electrical muscle stimulation therapy can help relieve pain, rebuild muscle strength, flexibility, and tone, and improve range of motion.

Blood Clots

Blood clots are a serious condition as they can cause damage to the brain, heart, and lungs, leading to stroke, heart attack, and PE. Patients with severe COVID-19 infection seem more likely to form clots.

Why? Firstly, COVID-19 can cause severe inflammation, increasing the tendency to clot. Second, when you are infected with COVID-19, you tend to stay at home or rest in bed. Immobility not only makes your joint stiff and muscle weak, but also increases the risk for blood clots.

We can not let COVID-19 paralyze us. Longest is ready to work with physiotherapy & rehabilitation sectors to deliver the best care to patients, giving them back the quality of life.

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