COVID 19 REHABILITATION

We now know that Covid-19 is an inflammatory condition that can have lasting effects for upto months after infection affecting different organs called as “Long Covid”. The Covid Rehabilitation Programme is a comprehensive programme for those recovering at home (active positive cases and negative cases including hospital/ICU admissions post discharge). This covers customised nutrition, training, rehab and mental health support that can be availed at home.

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Nutrition

Aspects that are kept in mind while planning the diet protocol are:

Training

Prolonged home stay may lead to reducing regular physical activity and hence drop in muscle mass. ICU patients suffer the most muscle loss. Once the patient is stable and the physician gives a clearance, exercise must be slowly encouraged as per tolerance. A specialised team will prescribe safe, simple, exercises after an evaluation. These may include, breathing/strengthening exercises, activities for balance and control, stretching or a combination of these to restore fitness. Athletes with Covid may need additional testing before they resume sporting activities.

Nutrition

Aspects that are kept in mind while planning the diet protocol are:

 

Managing other complications if any e.g.., hypertension, diabetes, kidney dysfunction, cardiac involvement.

Digestive disturbances, loss of taste/smell.

Difficulty in swallowing especially those who may have been intubated during hospitalisation.

Difficulty in breathing.

Managing abnormal blood parameters and side effects of medications.

Training

Exercise

Prolonged home stay may lead to reducing regular physical activity and hence drop in muscle mass. ICU patients suffer the most muscle loss. Once the patient is stable and the physician gives a clearance, exercise must be slowly encouraged as per tolerance. A specialised team will prescribe safe, simple, exercises after an evaluation. These may include, breathing/strengthening exercises, activities for balance and control, stretching or a combination of these to restore fitness. Athletes with Covid may need additional testing before they resume sporting activities.

Psychology

Mental Health

Covid has profound effects on the psyche. Some known factors that can cause mental health disturbances are

  • Isolation
  • Job insecurity
  • Coping with difficult relationships at home due to the lockdown
  • Parents having to attend to children a lot more than before
  • The work from home culture leading to extended work hours Families losing their sole breadwinners to the disease
Our team of qualified clinical psychologists can help survivors with coping strategies.

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