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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
General Info
Pulmonary Rehabilitation is specifically designed for individuals with chronic lung disease.
The program offers exercise training, education, nutrition counseling and a monthly support group.
A team of health care providers assists individuals in designing and implementing a personal comprehensive program aimed at achieving optimal physical functioning and improved quality of life with an emphasis on collaborative self management of your disease.
Potential benefits include maximization of strength, endurance and flexibility, a decrease in symptoms of breathlessness and effort for activities of daily living, and an increase in energy to partake in hobbies, and social / family activities.
Education programs will provide information on medications, signs and symptoms of infection, pathology of lung disease, proper nutrition, energy conservation, relaxation training, breathing retraining and secretions management, oxygen delivery systems, and travel and environmental issues.
Individual and group support sessions will offer a forum to discuss and shave frustrations and limitations of lung disease, while assisting you to increase self confidence, independence and overall emotional well being. Family and significant others are encouraged to participate.
Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Location:
Harkness Pavilion First Floor Room 170
180 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212.305.0890
Fax: 212.305.8436
Contacts:
Kim Stavrolakes, MS, PT
stavrol@cpmail-nz.cis.columbia.edu
Jacqueline Pfeffer, PT, MPH
pfefjac@cpmail-nz.cis.columbia.edu
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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