A specialist rehabilitation centre is extending its reach to accommodate Long COVID patients, as cases continue to rise and brain injury-like symptoms become more closely associated with the condition.
Uplands Rehabilitation Centre is supporting growing numbers of people with Long COVID, using its ten years of neurological rehabilitation experience to devise bespoke plans for people battling its effects.
Recent statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested that 1.1 million people in the UK were affected by the condition in the four weeks from February 6, with about one in five people showing symptoms of Long COVID five weeks after an initial infection, and one in seven after 12 weeks.
With the full effects of Long COVID yet to be realised, centres including Essex-based Uplands Rehabilitation Centre are supporting people to manage and overcome some of the main symptoms including chronic fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog, anxiety and stress.
Akash Soni, director at Uplands Rehabilitation Centre, in Westcliff-on-Sea, says for many people, the impact of Long COVID could be likened to the effects of a brain injury.
“Offering those suffering from the debilitating effects of Long COVID is something we take great pride in being able to do,” he says.
“Here at Uplands, our vision is to help people live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives, and through our Long COVID treatment, we hope we can help many more people recover, or at least be able to manage, this condition.
“Being able to provide the necessary care and support during difficult times to those who need it is something we are trained to do. We hope that as updated research on the full effects of Long COVID is released, we can start to understand more about this.”
