Two Alberta physiotherapists are seeing an influx of long COVID patients in their practices.
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Posted: May 08, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 8
Two Alberta physiotherapists say they are seeing younger, predominantly female long COVID patients.(Submitted by Jessica DeMars)
Some Alberta physiotherapists are hiring additional staff to deal with a wave of COVID-19 long-haulers, an issue they expect to worsen as the province records its highest case counts of the pandemic.
Jessica DeMars is a respiratory physiotherapist with Breathe Well Physio in Calgary, and she said around 80 percent of her patients are what s been termed long COVID patients people with enduring and debilitating symptoms linked to a COVID-19 infection.
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A Calgary respiratory physiotherapist is launching a free program to aid Albertans still suffering from debilitating symptoms of COVID-19 weeks or months after contracting the novel coronavirus.
Jessica DeMars is looking to recruit Albertans for a virtual, eight-week pilot of the program, called Breath, Speak, Pace.
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It’s an adaptation of an existing program DeMars has helped to run for the last four years, adjusted to help those living with ‘long COVID.’