Natalie Kendal Community Physiotherapist

NHS Tameside & Glossop

• Provides Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programmes in clinics, leisure centres and at home.

• Also provides home physiotherapy visits for all conditions including follow up Total Hip & Knee surgery

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Adult Community Physiotherapy Service

• Approx. 40 referrals per month

• Is usually held at two venues – Ashton & Glossop

• Sometimes arranged & provided at other locations in Tameside & Glossop

• Can be provided in own homes if appropriate

…can improve your muscle strength and endurance, so you can use the oxygen you breathe more efficiently

…. Can improve your general fitness and help you to cope better with feeling breathless.

.... Can improve your quality of life as you are able to do more.

Tameside and Glossop accept referrals for respiratory conditions other than COPD

Any Healthcare Professional can refer you to our programme using our referral form

If you have been in Hospital for an exacerbation or flare up of your COPD

And/or

You feel impaired by a your respiratory disorder…◦ ….you may benefit from our Programme

Pulmonary rehabilitation leads to◦ improvements in quality of life◦ Improvement in exercise capacity ◦ reduces breathlessness

◦ N.B Pulmonary Rehabilitation may not be suitable for all patients and conditions. The doctor or nurse referring may indicate any conditions on the referral form.

We will send you a letter when we receive the referral – please call us to opt in!

Assessment appointment then offered Attend the course twice a week for 6 weeks

Sessions usually 2 hours in duration Encouraged to continue with exercises at home during

the programme Reassessment appointment◦ Encouraged to continue with exercises and use new

knowledge to manage your breathing condition◦ May refer you to other services to continue with

exercises and management

Exercise   BorgSit To Stand  

  

Pull Ups   

 

Step Ups  

 

Bicep Curls   

 

Bike   

 

Arm Abduct ions   

 

Walk  

 

  

   

    

 

At each session we dedicate the first hour to exercises that increase strength & stamina-

Education SessionsExercise and breathing

condit ions Live act ive info session

Breathing Control talk 

Breathing Control quiz 

Healthy Eating 

Anxiety management, Goal sett ing etc

 

Inhalers & Self management plan 

Planning Pacing and priorit is ing

 

Inhaler tech 

Pharmacist 

Living with a resp Condition 

Living with a respiratory condit ion Quiz

 

Relaxation 

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

The second hour to one of our education talks listed below…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3goKl9Vr8iwonary rehabilitation.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service can be contacted on 0161 342 7753