Corona rehabilitation in Amsterdam: your road to recovery
A coronavirus infection, regardless of whether you were hospitalized or recovered at home, can have a profound impact on your body. It is perfectly normal to notice after COVID-19 that your strength and fitness are reduced, and everyday activities are suddenly challenging. At Sento Medical in Amsterdam, we understand this and offer personal and professional guidance to help you get back to your life.
Wide opening hours
Sports physio and rehabilitation
Central location in the Jordaan
What does rehabilitation after COVID-19 involve?
Our corona rehabilitation in Amsterdam focuses on a goal-oriented approach to increase your physical capacity step by step. This includes:
- Building muscle strength and endurance: With specific training therapy, we help you gradually regain your strength and fitness.
- Optimization of breathing: We work on improving your oxygen uptake, possibly supplemented by training your breathing muscles.
- Restoring confidence in your body: We guide you in finding the right balance between load (what you do) and load capacity (what your body can handle), so that you regain confidence in your own abilities.
- Recognizing POTS and/or PEM symptoms: We pay attention to recognizing and managing symptoms such as dizziness when getting up (POTS) or extreme fatigue after exercise (PEM), to prevent overexertion and promote your recovery.
Each rehabilitation program is unique, as everyone’s recovery process and goals differ. Therefore, our physical therapist, Derek Sweijen, of Sento Medical will create a fully personalized plan to meet your specific needs and challenges.
Are you eligible for post-corona rehabilitation?
You are eligible for physical therapy if you experience (severe) symptoms or limitations in your physical functioning after your corona recovery. Examples include:
- Difficulty climbing stairs or longer walks
- Failure to return to sport
- Shortness of breath or shortness of breath
- Extreme fatigue and/or decreased stamina after (light) exertion
These symptoms can significantly affect your daily life, and professional counseling can make a big difference.
An integrated approach: collaboration with other disciplines
- Dietitians: For signs of malnutrition, to restore your energy and vitality.
- Occupational therapists: If you have difficulty distributing your energy throughout the day and want to optimize your daily activities.
- Psychologists: When anxiety- or trauma-related symptoms hinder your recovery.
An important tip from the physical therapist
It’s understandable that you want to get fit again quickly, but don’t start intensive sport or exercise too early. A good guideline: can you stop talking during the activity? Then you are probably working too hard. Make sure you are not running out of breath or panting. Listen carefully to your body and build it up slowly.
Sara's experience: "My life back"
“In March, as a 30-year-old with an avid sports history, I became ill with corona. I was quite sick for weeks, with a hospital visit due to shortness of breath as the low point. Where the sickness ended and my recovery began, I don’t know exactly. For the first 3 months I could barely climb stairs and a walk to the end of the street felt like a marathon. As a former rowing coach, I thought I could do this myself; after all, I knew all about fitness and strength building. Yet I just couldn’t get anywhere.
After consulting with the family doctor, I started physical therapy at Sento Medical. From that point on, I really started to recover, or so it felt. By training specific muscle groups and paying attention to my breathing, I made rapid progress. It was nice that my progress became measurable; I could see how I was improving week by week, and that gave me back my confidence in my own body. With the physical therapist’s help, I have my life back. It will be some time before I am rowing a marathon again or cycling 240 km in a day, but I look to the future with confidence.”
We are here for you
Do you need help rehabilitating after corona or would you like to know more about our approach in Amsterdam? Then feel free to contact Sento Medical Physiotherapy for more information or schedule an appointment. You can reach us at Derek(De***@***to.nl) or at 020-3301444. We would love to help you on your way to full recovery.