we believe your symptoms are real

Although most people with COVID-19 improve within a few weeks of the illness, some people experience debilitating Post-COVID conditions long after infection. Post-COVID conditions are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems people can experience four or more weeks after first being infected with COVID-19. Some suffer more than a year after infection. Those suffering from PCS are also known as “long-haulers.”

A recent study confirmed: approximately 54% of COVID-19 patients are still experiencing at least one symptom more than six months after their initial recovery.*

* - Mayo Clinic study

• 84% struggle with normal routines: household chores, driving, and returning to work.
• 59% experience brain fog, mental health issues (anxiety or depression), or headaches.
• 45% struggle with multi-tasking, memory, and word-finding (brain fog).
• 35% of patients have difficulty performing basic tasks like brushing their teeth.
• Women tend to be more susceptible to various mental disorders during the pandemic, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and stress. This finding may be due to their caregiving role in families. *

* - Mayo Clinic study

• It begins with an interview. Your nurse practitioner will evaluate your symptoms, review your pre-existing conditions, and work with you to identify your recovery goals. Your nurse practitioner may order additional tests to assess your overall health better.

• Your physical therapist will:
  • conduct endurance tests that will guide your initial activity recommendations
  • evaluate your gait, balance, capacity for exercise, pain, joint stiffness, flexibility, and range of motion
  • develop a strengthening and conditioning program based on your unique recovery goals and needs

• Your mental health therapist will:
  • identify your recovery goals
  • screen you for anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions
  • prescribe a program tailored to treat your symptoms

Patients enrolled in a Lumen medical plan will qualify if they:

• provide documentation of a positive COVID-19 test and/or anecdotal evidence of COVID-19 exposure
• exhibit any of the aforementioned symptoms for more than 12 weeks

While the program lasts 12 weeks, our support never ends.