Recovering heart and lung fitness
Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy supports people recovering from heart or lung conditions, surgery, or chest infections. It focuses on breathing, endurance, and returning safely to everyday activity.
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How home physiotherapy helps
Your physiotherapist teaches breathing and airway-clearance techniques and guides gentle, graded exercise while monitoring how you respond. Being at home suits people who tire easily or are early in their recovery.
What a home visit looks like
The first visit assesses your breathing, endurance, and goals in coordination with your medical team. Follow-up visits progress activity carefully and track your response.
Typical approach
Programmes are individualised and progressed cautiously, with close attention to how you tolerate activity and in coordination with your doctors.
Techniques you might practise at home
- Breathing-control and airway-clearance techniques.
- Graded walking or endurance activity.
- Pacing strategies for daily tasks.
(Always follow your physiotherapist's and doctor's guidance; stop and seek help for chest pain, severe breathlessness, or dizziness.)
