Reason I ask is the natural reaction when sick with covid-19 is to lay in bed and do nothing. However, if you know someone infected, please encourage them to get up and move around. One is much more likely to get pneumonia if they stay in bed... for those in the medical field, incentive spirometry is key.... you want to move around and stretch and take really deep breaths or you will set yourself up for pneumonia. If your loved one gets infected, please PM me and I'll give you information on how to stay healthy
Quote from: Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist on April 08, 2020, 10:22:17 PM
Reason I ask is the natural reaction when sick with covid-19 is to lay in bed and do nothing. However, if you know someone infected, please encourage them to get up and move around. One is much more likely to get pneumonia if they stay in bed... for those in the medical field, incentive spirometry is key.... you want to move around and stretch and take really deep breaths or you will set yourself up for pneumonia. If your loved one gets infected, please PM me and I'll give you information on how to stay healthy
Bo
Thankful that as of now I don't need your help but I'm grateful to know it's available. Scoop is lucky to have you on board!
Great advice Bo. Thanks.
Quote from: Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist on April 08, 2020, 10:22:17 PM
Reason I ask is the natural reaction when sick with covid-19 is to lay in bed and do nothing. However, if you know someone infected, please encourage them to get up and move around. One is much more likely to get pneumonia if they stay in bed... for those in the medical field, incentive spirometry is key.... you want to move around and stretch and take really deep breaths or you will set yourself up for pneumonia. If your loved one gets infected, please PM me and I'll give you information on how to stay healthy
I've read that laying prone is much better than on your back.
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on April 09, 2020, 01:15:40 PM
I've read that laying prone is much better than on your back.
I have read that too...but the article I saw only referenced patients
on ventilators doing better prone.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200324202056.htm
Have you seen any evidence to suggest this is also the case with patients who aren't on ventilators?
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on April 09, 2020, 01:15:40 PM
I've read that laying prone is much better than on your back.
I bet u have
I'm told that an aunt/uncle have it and are doing well. Honestly, I'm a little confused because I heard that one was asymptomatic and the other only had mild cold symptoms but they tested positive. I very curious how they managed to get tested under those circumstances because, unfortunately, it's still quite difficult to get tested around here.
Quote from: Jay Bee on April 09, 2020, 01:36:33 PM
I bet u have
I know you don't care as long as his name is Bruce.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on April 09, 2020, 01:40:33 PM
I'm told that an aunt/uncle have it and are doing well. Honestly, I'm a little confused because I heard that one was asymptomatic and the other only had mild cold symptoms but they tested positive. I very curious how they managed to get tested under those circumstances because, unfortunately, it's still quite difficult to get tested around here.
Maybe he's an NBA player??
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on April 09, 2020, 01:15:40 PM
I've read that laying prone is much better than on your back.
Laying prone helps lung function with ARDS and has been shown to help critically ill covid patients
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on April 09, 2020, 01:15:40 PM
I've read that laying prone is much better than on your back.
Face down, ass up, that's the way we like to .....
Quote from: Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist on April 08, 2020, 10:22:17 PM
Reason I ask is the natural reaction when sick with covid-19 is to lay in bed and do nothing. However, if you know someone infected, please encourage them to get up and move around. One is much more likely to get pneumonia if they stay in bed... for those in the medical field, incentive spirometry is key.... you want to move around and stretch and take really deep breaths or you will set yourself up for pneumonia. If your loved one gets infected, please PM me and I'll give you information on how to stay healthy
Bo - thank you. Fortunate to not need such advice yet but curious if you support this technique I saw a few days ago:
https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus-breathing-technique-may-help-covid-19-patients-breathe-better-t177870
Seems to align with the crux of this discussion.
Absolutely! A good breathing technique. Anything to increase expansion of the lungs like incentive spirometry. Lack of movement or deep breaths leads to air and mucus trapping inviting secondary bacterial pneumonias
Bo, you seen this?
https://www.esicm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/684_author-proof.pdf
I had it or maybe the flu. Didnt get tested.
Quote from: MUDPT on April 09, 2020, 06:32:31 PM
Bo, you seen this?
https://www.esicm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/684_author-proof.pdf
Very interesting. I had not seen that