We have put together several strength workouts for you to do at home. The exercises are taken from the guide “Better living with COPD”.
First training session:
You will need a chair and a wall
Home training for people with COPD
It is important for people with COPD to exercise at least once a day. Move for 30 minutes. Ideally, you should do strength training on three of these days. There should be a one-day break between each strength training session. On the other days you train your endurance. For example: strength training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, endurance training such as brisk walking on the other days.
Second training session:
You will need a chair and an elastic training or fitness band. This is available online from various providers.
Home training for people with COPD Part 2
Third training session:
You will need a chair and an elastic training or fitness band. This is available online from various providers.
Home training for people with COPD Part 3
Discuss the need for participation in outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation with your doctor on a regular basis.
We hope you enjoy your training.
Responsible team
Silvia Ulrich, Prof. Dr. med.
Director of Department, Department of Pulmonology
Tel.
+41 43 253 43 36
Mail
silvia.ulrich@usz.ch
Specialties:
Head of Pulmonary Hypertension, Head of Dyspnea Clinic
Mona Lichtblau, PD Dr. med.
Attending Physician with extended responsibilites, Department of Pulmonology
Tel.
+41 44 255 22 20
Specialties:
Vice Head of Pulmonary Hypertension , Vice Head of Dyspnea Clinic
Christian Clarenbach, Prof. Dr. med.
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Pulmonology
Tel.
+41 44 255 38 28
Specialties:
Head of Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases
Nicola Greco
Head of Therapy
Tel.
+41 43 253 90 89
Mail
nicola.greco@usz.ch
Specialties:
Pulmonary, oncological and cardiological rehabilitation
Questions for physiotherapy
Mail
APR-peu@usz.ch
Questions about everyday life with COPD
The USZ offers care advice for people with COPD.