Recovery

after COVID 19
Four Pillars Supporting
Your Way Back to Normality
Recovery Contact
or Your Body and Adherence:
COVID-19 has negatively impacted your
Contact
physical well-being and isolated you from
Regular social interaction can
your friends and loved ones. You might
support your recovery to full
still be suffering from the effects of the
health2. Now is the time to refresh
infection including loss of muscle mass,
social life – if face to face contacts
strength and vitality.1 Often, malnutrition
are restricted, technology such
cannot be avoided at the time of discharge
as video calls or apps can enable
from hospital.
interaction.

Now, back at home, you can support your

recovery with CARE for recovery. It consists
Adherence
of four pillars which help you on your
Proactive collaboration with your
way back to normality: Contact, Adherence,
attending health care providers
Right nutrition and Exercise.
will help in tracking your progres-
sion. Your physician will support
you in your efforts to continually
adhere to the recommended
therapy. Your ongoing feedback
is crucial to evaluating the
effectiveness of the therapy.
Right Nutrition Fresubin’s CARE
and Exercise For Recovery
Right Nutrition
Initiative Is There
Malnutrition is a frequent
­consequence of severe courses
to Support You
of ­COVID-19.3,4 Adequate nutri-
tion is the tool for fighting the
consequences of malnutrition. Recovering from COVID-19 is more than
To gain back your muscle mass simply being free of the virus. Contact,
and improve muscle function Adherence, Right nutrition and Exercise
and strength5,6,7, your diet can are four major pillars for your recovery
be complemented with Fresubin and can aid your way back to normality.
nutritional drinks, high in protein
and other essential nutrients (e.g. Find more information about the CARE
calories, vitamins, and minerals). recovery program by Fresubin, tasty
recipes and videos for breathing exercises
as well as weight training routine videos
Exercise on fresubin.com/campaign-link
Breathing exercises and light
weight exercises are a good
choice to start on your way to
regaining physical strength,
­coordination and balance. Each
step is a step forward to reach the
international recommendations
on physical activity8.
Visit fresubin.com/recovery to find out
how the components of CARE come
­together in aiding your recovery journey.

Sources:
1. Gadelha AB et al. J Frailty Aging. 2020;1-2.
2. Evans IEM et al. J Alzheimer Dis. 2019;70:S119-S114.
3. Thibault R et al. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2020, Sep 16: 1–10.
4. Haraj NE et al. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021;41:423-428.
5. Milne AC et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009;(2):CD003288.
6. Cawood AL et al. Ageing Res Rev. 2012;11(2):278–296.
7. Hubbard GP et al. Clin Nutr. 2012;31(3):293–312.
8. World Health Organization. Physical activity, https://www.who.int/news-room/
fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed 08 Jul 2020

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