Self Directed Exercise Programmes
Self directed exercise programmes can encourage patients to increase their baseline activity, especially those who are not participating in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme?
- BLF ‘Stay Active, stay well’ videos: Stay active and stay well
- BLF exercise handbook: Your exercise handbook
- Digital tools such as MyCOPD: myCOPD: The COPD app for controlling your symptoms
- NHS Fitness Studio: Fitness Studio exercise videos - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Couch to 5K: week by week - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Deconditioning
Assessing for and reversing the effects of deconditioning
Encouraging activity as a gateway to good respiratory health
How can healthcare practitioners encourage patients to increase their baseline activity, especially those who are not participating in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme?