Exercise when having Pulmonary Fibrosis

What is the best type of exercise can you do if you have pulmonary fibrosis? This is a very common question that I get on this channel. There is not one form of exercise that is necessarily the best, as long as you are maintaining or building your strength, you will probably be able to cope with pulmonary fibrosis much better.
It is also important to do exercise that you enjoy, while potentially not injuring yourself or working through pain. For example, if you have bad knees due to osteoarthritis, you may want to exercise another body part. As long as you get a bit breathless while exercising, you are probably doing a good job.
If you have pulmonary fibrosis or another chronic lung disease, you may need to set a lower baseline for yourself. You may not be able to do what was easy for you a few years ago. Just try to build up from your current level, as this will help with your daily activities and to cope with the interstitial lung disease and fibrosis.
Exercising also has the benefit of making you aware of your breathing patterns, to help you cope better and to control your breathing. People who have pulmonary fibrosis often have moments of panic when they cannot stop a rapid and shallow breathing pattern, which can cause a lot of anxiety. Being able to gain control during those difficult moments can go a long way to improving your overall quality of life.
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  • @TheAnjanisoni
    @TheAnjanisoni8 ай бұрын

    You are truly compassionate and genuinely concerned for people who are suffering with lung conditions. I have watched many of your videos in order to help my newly diagnosed father. I am so grateful for your videos. May God bless you. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @rosspatel9200
    @rosspatel92006 ай бұрын

    Thank you for creating these videos people with Pulmonary Fibrosis and their families who support them. My mother just passed away one week ago (she was nearly 70). She was absolutely fine, but then caught an infection (somewhere?somehow?). She spent one week in hospital on oxygen support and then left due to her oxygen saturations levels falling whilst on the max oxygen support. I can’t believe how quick it all happened. Your videos are wonderful and will support so many. As a patient you only have a short time with your doctor so these videos are so important 🙏🏽 Your genuine care, consideration and communication style is very appropriate to encourage those with Pulmonary Fibrosis. 💞

  • @margaretdoyle1698
    @margaretdoyle16987 ай бұрын

    I am coming up to 85 years of age and have just been diagnosed with Pfibrosis I am worried about it .but listening to your video has made me more relaxed about it thank you so much

  • @cookie-gb3xn
    @cookie-gb3xn8 ай бұрын

    I only need oxygen when I go to pulmonary rehab class & at night when I sleep. I'm on Ofev and it seems to be keeping me stable. I have upper prodominate lung fibrosis. The right lung is my scarred than the left. Cat scan says it's appears to be sarcoidosis. Not going to have a lung biopsy. My pulmonologist put me on Ofev twice a day. I had the scarring for the last 5 years. When I caught COVID in 2020 I was on oxygen 24/7. But when I started pulmonary rehab I was able to be weaned off oxygen. Thank you for all you do for us!♥️

  • @tinadavis4054

    @tinadavis4054

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm new to this. I just stopped smoking. I use oxygen sometimes. But short winded a lot. Do you attend other group cookie?

  • @user-yb7lt2qj1j
    @user-yb7lt2qj1j8 ай бұрын

    I’m glad you addressed being embarrassed or uncomfortable using oxygen while out walking. It’s good to hear someone talking about it.

  • @RituArora-nb6lo
    @RituArora-nb6lo6 ай бұрын

    Dear Dr Stephan, your videos are really of great great help for patients suffering from PF. You explain everything with deep concern. This motivates the patients dealing with this disease. Thank you so much . 🙏

  • @nanabunnierabbit
    @nanabunnierabbit8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for the time you put into your videos and the advice you give. I am 70 years old and have ILD from RA and I am blessed to have a husband who is my best friend and caregiver. We both really appreciate your very helpful videos. Thank you so much, Doctor Stephan. Please don't stop doing these. ❤

  • @michaelktori5178
    @michaelktori51783 ай бұрын

    This is a very encouraging blog. Walking with IPF (and Emphysema) is almost impossible for me.

  • @viktoyagordon7901
    @viktoyagordon79018 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for the helpful information you provide on your channel. You always seem to answer the question I forgot to ask my lung specialist when I visit him. Thanks again, I believe once more people discover your channel they also will become more educated about their condition 👍 😊

  • @lesliecrossmon3457
    @lesliecrossmon34577 ай бұрын

    You are wonderful. So understanding of the problem. I am 76 and 4 years into it and still hike with friends 3 miles or more every week🎉. Much out of breath weak and slow going uphill, but still plugging on! As I progress into it I will refer to your advice, encouragement and expertees. Thank you so much.

  • @ashokwatekar2888
    @ashokwatekar28888 ай бұрын

    You are really great Helping patients of ILD

  • @ShirleyWest-f6w
    @ShirleyWest-f6w10 күн бұрын

    I appreciate these videos very much. I was just diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Bless you!

  • @zukindamase3301
    @zukindamase33017 ай бұрын

    Thanks doctor for this valuable information which we don't always get. God bless you

  • @cynthiacarolineengel3374
    @cynthiacarolineengel3374Ай бұрын

    Very very helpful from South Africa 75yrs old female with copd thank you so very much 🎉

  • @nancyboit5417
    @nancyboit54178 ай бұрын

    Thank you Dr.

  • @user-gu8sp1fy7u
    @user-gu8sp1fy7u8 ай бұрын

    Very helpful…thank you!

  • @p.v.samuel228
    @p.v.samuel2289 ай бұрын

    Thanks Doctor. Much appreciated.

  • @brendaherring4638
    @brendaherring46383 ай бұрын

    Fantastic advice, thank you. Makes so much sense.

  • @q4079
    @q40798 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the helpful information Dr. from Japan.

  • @jrsmac5081
    @jrsmac5081Ай бұрын

    Thank you for your encouragement. God Bless you!

  • @renufandian3746
    @renufandian37469 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this information

  • @duben55
    @duben55Ай бұрын

    Thank you for your help! 💗

  • @bettygentry9672
    @bettygentry967222 күн бұрын

    Thank you for all the much needed infomation.

  • @ellieantar809
    @ellieantar8097 ай бұрын

    very useful thank you

  • @rameshbhandari8693
    @rameshbhandari86933 ай бұрын

    Dr Thanks a lot for this video. It not only educate but brings back light in life of unfortunate one. I m 81years. I was heavy smoker and left smoking altogether 26 yrs ago. During my service period of 33years , iwas exposed to CO2, chemical vapours, heat, contacts with heavy metals for first 15 years. I suffered 2~3 time from bronchitis. I am BP patient for last 25+ years and is I

  • @daisies4444
    @daisies4444Ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @michelenakamura3360
    @michelenakamura33602 ай бұрын

    Now I understand stand why the hospital is deciding who to pair me up with. Subscribed

  • @kendrabrevard1976
    @kendrabrevard19767 ай бұрын

    I'm reading these comments and I'm in my 40's

  • @IntendJOY
    @IntendJOY8 ай бұрын

    Thanks. I walk around the house for 2 minutes using Washington Post March! My favorite. Noah Greenspan on KZread is great. Pulmonary Wellness channel

  • @user-sm6qu2yh4w
    @user-sm6qu2yh4wАй бұрын

    Interesting and learning medical stuff I'm pretty sure I don't have it but yeah I'm going to watch it later

  • @reneegoldsmithbenson807
    @reneegoldsmithbenson8075 ай бұрын

    Hi doctor. I hope you get this question and answer it for me. I'm following your channel now. You seem wonderful. Thank you. My partner just turned 89. He is on 3 L of oxygen 24/7. He had a good O2 level while on the oxygen if he's resting around (95-97). It drops a bit if he walks into the 80's. He takes OFEV. He's very inactive now and shaky on his feet. We just ordered him a walker to help with this for safety reasons. Lately he's sleeping more. And I can't tell if it's his IPF or his age or both. He's eating less too. His doctor is unable to see him for another three weeks. My partner is scheduled for his next lung capacity test at that time. Last time his lungs were working at about 40% it went up to %50 when they gave him an inhaler. Since then I know they got worse. Can you tell me what I should expect? Will he be incapable of exercise exertion for walking or going out? Is his sleeping and eating decline a concern? Tell me whatever you can. Thank you. I'm just full of anxiety over him.

  • @vasanthakarunaharan6746
    @vasanthakarunaharan67468 ай бұрын

    Thankyou Dr Stefan for the excellant videos. I am 75 years old and diagnosed to have hypersensitive pneumonitis and I am on prednisolone 5mg Mycophenolate 500mg bd and nintedanib 150mg bd I do not have any other medical condition Should I be referred for lung transplant I am on ambulatory oxygen at 3 to4 litres Please enlighten me and other listeners on this If the NHS does not accommodate patients like me because of age etc are there any otherways viz private locally or elsewhere Regards

  • @dorothajordan

    @dorothajordan

    8 ай бұрын

    Where are you located please? I am not a doctor but 500 mg of M that is very low.

  • @annakarinholmberg163
    @annakarinholmberg1634 ай бұрын

    Hi! I have PPFE, a very rare form of lung fibrosis. What are your advice about having this in one’s life as a lungfibrosis patient: Pets Being out in the woods for instance picking mushrooms (rummaging in the ground were there is a lot of fungus etc…) Being active in an agricultural setting with wood (our farm is farming mostly trees) both fresh wood but also “cleaning up old wood that has been partly broken down/composted”. I can see on old woods that they have signs of fungus on them 😬. Being active in hunting with dogs? When we train my kind of dogs (three hunting cockers), we use small dead animals like ducks, pigeons, pheasants, crows, rabbits, hare to get the dogs to retrieve them. In handling dead birds outdoors like this, do I risk getting sensitized and getting additional serious bird-lung disease (cant remember the name just now…), or is it just when being indoors in the buildings were birds live the risk for this disease is elevated? I’m not allergic to anything. Is it stupid of me to walk in parks and areas where there are lots of wild birds and bird poo? I’m living on a farm, but the only animals we have is the three dogs. How do I now if you have responded to this comment…?

  • @renufandian3746
    @renufandian37468 ай бұрын

    Is there treatment for lung fibrosis & pleural thickness due to pleural tuberculosis& pleural effusoin

  • @Laila-dw8yf
    @Laila-dw8yf5 ай бұрын

    I am very much worried with my condition now. Just diagnosed to have this minimal subpleural fibrosis. 😢

  • @irenemccarthy6691
    @irenemccarthy66915 ай бұрын

    What can I do to stop the coughing when walking?

  • @user-ul3mj9wc7n
    @user-ul3mj9wc7n5 ай бұрын

    Can using a spirometer help a person with interstitial lung disease caused by scleroderma help with shortness of breath?

  • @renufandian3746
    @renufandian37468 ай бұрын

    Dr .How much we recover from these exercises

  • @marlachapman3874
    @marlachapman38742 ай бұрын

    How does a person walk when each time I stand up and walk 15 steps to bathroom, my oxygen SATs fall from 94% to 70% in those 15 steps? By the time I get back to sofa I'm close to fainting.