For example, as the specialist emphasized, dosed physical activity in the fresh air is an essential component of the rehabilitation of patients after COVID-19.
“Physical exercise provides adequate ventilation of the lung tissue, which is necessary to resolve inflammatory changes.
It is important for the patient to form the correct breathing pattern during physical activity: a long, gradual deep breath and a long, even exhalation, ”the doctor said.
Also, according to her, the preference after COVID-19 is given to walking at your own pace with episodes of a short-term increase in the pace of walking.
In addition, physical activity has a positive effect on glucose metabolism, helping to reduce its level in the blood, which is important for patients with diabetes and prediabetes, the doctor recalled.
“At the same time, the presence of excess weight, cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the respiratory system determine the preference for long-term monotonous loads in the fresh air - walking at a fast pace, Nordic walking.
Power loads with a jerky lifting of weight are undesirable in the pathology of the spine - a hernia of the spine with compression of the nerve root, ”the expert said.
She added that patients with pathology of the musculoskeletal system should pay special attention to playing sports in comfortable shoes with the desirable exclusion of jumping load.
Earlier, the therapist Lyudmila Lapa, in an interview with RT, told what tests should be taken after the coronavirus.