Frailty
Frailty is often defined as an ageing related syndrome of physiological decline. Frailty is related to the ageing process, simply getting older!It describes how our bodies gradually lose their inbuilt…
Symptoms and effects of Long Covid
Long Covid There are many definitions of long Covid, this one seems the most accurate: ‘not recovering for several weeks or months following the start of symptoms that were suggestive…
Cardiomyopathy – An Overview
Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder for your heart to pump blood to the rest of your body. It is a general term where…
The use of Dexamethasone with Covid patients
A trial that has taken place across 175 hospitals in the UK that has shown that low dose dexamethasone reduces the number of deaths in hospital amongst Covid-19 patients that…
Working with Covid-19 Patients
A day in the life of a physiotherapist working with Covid-19 patients on Intensive CareAlarm goes off I am up at 6.30 am I get dressed, have breakfast, ensure I…
Managing COVID-19 Symptoms in the Community
As we are working in the community we need to have knowledge of symptom management of Covid-19. Managing Covid-19 symptoms such as fever, cough, breathlessness are distressing to individuals. The…
Rehabilitation During & After COVID-19 Pandemic
The Chartered society of physiotherapy released a policy statement for leaders and policy makers to consider. It refers to patients that have, or had, the Covid-19 Coronavirus, plus those patients…
Physiotherapy in Community Care and Covid-19
Physiotherapists can be the first point of contact to patients so making them susceptible to Covid-19. As professionals we are in a position for the early identification of infectious diseases. …
Covid-19 crisis- Understanding our role as Physiotherapists
I'm hearing from several physiotherapy colleagues that their relatives and friends are doubting that we, as a profession, are somehow less involved in the Covid-19 crisis which is about to…