Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Meridian
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program for people who have chronic lung diseases. The pulmonary rehabilitation specialists can assess your physical condition and personalize a program to increase your strength and endurance, while helping you live a more active lifestyle and prevent complications and hospitalizations.
Customized consultation with a rehab therapist
Individualized goals to return you to your highest level of function and independence possible
Enhance your physical and emotional wellbeing
State-of-the-art testing and monitoring technology used during your exercise sessions
Manage Chronic Lung Conditions While Improving Overall Fitness
Meridian Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Chronic lung disease like asthma, COPD or pulmonary hypertension can restrict your independence and lifestyle — but it doesn’t have to. The pulmonary rehabilitation specialists can assess your physical condition and personalize a program to increase your strength and endurance, while helping you live a more active lifestyle and prevent complications and hospitalizations.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clients
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Therapies

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program for people who have chronic lung diseases. You might benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation to help you manage the symptoms of breathing-related diseases, including:

  • Asthma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Emphysema
  • Pulmonary fibrosis
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung transplant recovery

The goal of pulmonary rehab is to help you improve your lung function, reduce your symptoms and hospitalizations, and improve your overall quality of life. Your therapy team might include your pulmonologist, a respiratory therapist, exercise physiologist and rehabilitation nurse, among others.

Your customized program begins with a consultation with a rehab therapist to determine your overall physical condition and breathing levels. Then you’ll work with the pulmonary rehabilitation team to return to the highest level of function and independence possible, enhancing your physical and emotional wellbeing. Strategies might include:

  • Physical reconditioning through exercise
  • Breathing retraining
  • Energy conservation techniques
  • Effective coughing
  • Medication education and management
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Education and counseling for you and your family
  • Smoking cessation
  • Nutritional counseling
  • Help getting respiratory equipment and portable oxygen

Using state-of-the-art testing and monitoring technology during your exercise sessions, the pulmonary rehabilitation staff will help you work through exercises and strategies to improve your overall physical and emotional condition. They will monitor your blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation, so you can feel comfortable that you’re making progress within healthy boundaries.

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