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January 15, 2016 By Breathing Specialist Leave a Comment

Do I REALLY have lung disease?

I belong to a lot of online discussion forums, the participants being patients with lung disease. Many of them tell the story of how they thought they just had a lingering cold, went to the ER when they couldn’t breathe, and were told they have COPD or another chronic lung disease process. They were shocked […]

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September 9, 2015 By Breathing Specialist Leave a Comment

Keeping the Pace After Pulmonary Rehab

Keeping the pace after Pulmonary Rehab Just graduated from Pulmonary Rehab? Congrats!  Now you need to keep up all the gains you’ve earned. I’m sure your rehab therapist harped on you every possible moment- join a gym! Join a walking group! And for good reason. Before I go one character further I want to drive […]

Filed Under: Public Tagged With: conditioning, deconditioning, endurance, exercise, progress, walking

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