Pulmonary Rehabilitation is a supervised program that includes exercise training, medication education, and breathing techniques for individuals who have lung conditions that keep them from doing daily living activities.

 

Pulmonary rehab can help manage disease, increase stamina, and decrease breathlessness.

​

Pulmonary rehab may improve your quality of life by:

• Reducing shortness of breath

• Increasing exercise tolerance

• Decrease hospitalizations

• Maintenance of emotional well-being

• Increasing knowledge on your lung disease and management

• Promoting a sense of well-being

 

Although Pulmonary Rehab cannot cure your lung disease, it can be of great benefit. Our goal is that you notice an improvement in your breathing efforts and that your disease symptoms become much more manageable. Rehab allows you to make the most of your limited lung function. ​

​

Admission to the program requires an order from a physician. Patients who benefit from the program include those who have, or have had, the following conditions:

• Asthma

• Bronchiectasis

• Emphysema

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

• Chronic Bronchitis

• Sarcoidosis

• Pulmonary Hypertension

• Pulmonary Fibrosis

• Interstitial Lung Disease

• Lung Cancer or Surgery

• Lung Transplant

• Lung Reduction Surgery

• Cystic Fibrosis

​

​Topics covered in our programs include:

• Monitored and Supervised Exercise training

• Disease education

• Nutrition education

• Breathing retraining

• Medication Education

• Education on handling exacerbations

• Education on preserving daily energy

• Help with smoking cessation

• Education on when to see medical attention for your condition

• Anxiety, stress and/or depression management