ROCKFORD Ten minutes on the treadmill, leg presses, aerobic step exercises with five-pound weights in each hand, lunges and knee-high steps with ankle weights.
Having worked up a sweat as well as her heart rate, Judy Johnson sat in a chair breathing through two masks and said, It was a good workout.
For the past six weeks, that s been the Tuesday and Thursday morning routine for Johnson at SwedishAmerican Hospital s outpatient physical therapy facility at 209 Ninth St. She s come a long way, Johnson s therapist Aileen Peregrino said. She hasn t needed oxygen in the past two weeks.
Johnson is one of tens of thousands of people in the United States still experiencing lingering side effects after a prolonged bout with COVID-19.