{"id":652,"date":"2019-08-23T05:10:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hudsonviewrehab.com\/?p=652"},"modified":"2019-08-23T05:10:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:10:24","slug":"pulmonary-rehab-or-prehab-exercise-for-lung-cancer-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hudsonviewrehab.com\/pulmonary-rehab-or-prehab-exercise-for-lung-cancer-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonary Rehab or Prehab? Exercise for Lung Cancer Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulmonary rehab is gaining popularity as it\u2019s been proven to help patients with COPD and other pulmonary diseases live longer, higher quality lives. There\u2019s a new initiative to help patients who have lung cancer<\/a> and other pulmonary diseases, and it\u2019s being called \u201cprehab\u201d – taking care of problems before and during treatment, instead of waiting until after.<\/span><\/p>\n

Getting the best out of treatment<\/span><\/h2>\n

Already several decades ago experts concluded that exercise was an important part of staying healthy, even during cancer treatment. New research is showing that exercise is not only beneficial after treatments, but very much so beforehand. It can help patients endure treatments better, and it can even increase rates of survival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While prehabbing can help all kinds of patients, it seems to be particularly suitable for pulmonary patients. These patients often have trouble breathing, and often present with other comorbidities, such as vascular diseases. This makes it all the more difficult to exercise, and all the more important. Doing the pulmonary rehab before treatment helps them with breathing and allows for smoother and more effective treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Benefits of pre-hab<\/span><\/h2>\n

Doing a pre-rehab can help patients in a number of ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n