Surviving intensive care is one thing. Getting your body back is a separate job.
Book on WhatsAppA long stay in intensive care costs an extraordinary amount of muscle — patients can lose a significant proportion of their strength within the first week of immobility. Families are often shocked that someone who was medically saved cannot stand.
This is well recognised, and it responds to rehabilitation. The weakness, the breathlessness, the poor balance and the exhaustion after a hospital stay are not something you simply wait out — they are what a structured programme is designed to reverse.
Early progress can feel slow and then accelerate. That pattern is normal and we will tell you when we are seeing it.
Fatigue is the dominant limit at the beginning, so the programme is paced rather than pushed.
Full recovery from a long ICU stay is measured in months. We are honest about that, and we track the markers so you can see it happening.
It depends on the length of stay and your condition beforehand, but it is usually months rather than weeks. Structured rehabilitation shortens it considerably compared with waiting.
Yes — that is exactly where this work starts. We begin with sitting balance and transfers at home and progress from there.
Send us a WhatsApp message and we’ll set a time for your assessment. You don’t need a referral to begin.
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