Lung diseases usually start gradually and take over as time passes. Patients often cannot walk across the room without losing their breath.
Pulmonary rehabilitation helps individuals with lung disease lead a more active life.
Recently, rehab programs have devised some unique ways to help re-train patients to breathe. The pulmonary rehab program at Florida Hospital in Kissimmee uses harmonicas as part of their therapy program. So what we want to do is focus on strengthening that lung, on that muscle. During the past year, Florida Hospital conducted a study of its pulmonary rehabilitation program. The average improvement in overall aerobic capacity for the patients who completed the program was 54.4 percent, compared to the patients who quit the program prior to completion who averaged a 10.7 percent improvement.