Post-COVID Recovery Program
The Post-COVID Recovery Program at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
(MMCSC) is helping COVID-19 patients with lingering health issues fully
recover through coordinated rehabilitation and outpatient services designed
to help them return to optimal health.
“After a hospital discharge from COVID-19, or after recovering at
home, patients can have limited function due to lingering respiratory
illness and other long-haul symptoms,” explains
Charles Markowitz, MD, Medical Director of the Department of Rehabilitation. “Patients may need
pulmonary, cardiac or physical therapy and in coordination with a patient’s
physician, full recovery
is possible.
The Post-COVID Recovery Program, which is also available to COVID patients who were not hospitalized, offers coordinated outpatient rehabilitation, including physical and speech therapy, and access to a continuum of care, such as additional outpatient testing, radiology or prescriptions.
The Post-COVID Recovery Program is easy to get started. Patients can request a prescription from their physician and schedule an evaluation with through the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department.
If you suffered COVID-19 either as a hospital patient, or at home, and still have any of the following health issues:
- Anxiety, depression, and/or insomnia
- Chest discomfort, palpitations, and/or poor endurance with physical activity
- Shortness of breath, coughing, and/or pain with deep breathing
- Muscle pain, muscle weakness, joint pain and/or joint stiffness
- Impaired sensation, altered sensation or numbness, radiating pain in limbs, and/or localized weakness of legs/feet or hands
- Balance problems/unsteady gait, left versus right side weakness, new visual problems or hearing difficulties, difficulty thinking and/or feeling confused
- Difficulty chewing or swallowing, and/or difficulty speaking
- Difficulty urinating and/or urinary incontinence
- Poor appetite, nausea/vomiting, frequent diarrhea, gastrointestinal discomfort and/or bowel incontinence
- Bedsores or other skin sores, involving lower back/sacrum and/or limbs/feet
Services We Provide
- Pulmonary rehabilitation services for post-COVID respiratory symptoms
- Physical therapy services for post-COVID pain, weakness, gait and balance problems
- Cognitive therapy services for post-COVID foggy thinking, impaired memory, confusion, difficulty speaking and/or difficulty concentrating
- Dysphagia therapy for post-COVID swallowing disorders
- Electrodiagnostic testing for post-COVID neuropathies
If you suffered COVID-19 either as a hospital patient, or at home, don’t hesitate to seek follow-up care to get your daily life back on track. Contact the rehabilitation experts at MMCSC and ask about the Post-COVID Recovery Program by completing our online appointment request form, calling 732-886-4849 or emailing: mscrespiratory@rwjbh.org.
Speak with your primary physician today.
Free transportation, within a 10 mile radius of the hospital, can also be arranged for patients with scheduled appointments.