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Physical therapists are ideally suited to help people who are experiencing lingering effects of COVID-19.
Some people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 can experience long-term effects from their infection. The condition has come to be known as long COVID.
There is no test to diagnose long COVID, and because people may display a wide variety of symptoms, it can be difficult for a physical therapist to even know a patient is feeling the effects.
Date: December 1, 2022
Contact: aptamag@apta.org
Content Type: Feature
Keith Loria
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