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Please help pulmonary vest problem
Dr orders vest. Therapist shows me how it works and leaves. 20 minutes on it twice a day at 10. I weigh 97lbs. It made me vomit. Does everyone here with a vest use it twice a day, on high? Is it up to you? Im in pain from brachial plexus neuropathy and chostrocondritis. I just finished 10 months of physical therapy for these problems. Pulmonary dr. Didn’t let me finish telling him. He just said, ok I’ll order the vest for you! I do fine with postural drainage. I’ve learned to do it so my muscles don’t spasm. I get nothing with this. I can’t imagine doing this the rest of my life. Thanks for reading this!
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Thank you all. I will try again, on lowest setting. I want to do all I can before I tell doctor I can’t use it. I did take Christmas off. Will start again Wednesday. I am hoping it works. I do very well with clearance. I’m not sure what dr thinks is in there!
I have had a percussion vest for 1 year. The therapist told me to dial down the pressure
I generally start at 40% and go up y 50-60. I could not tolerate higher . It hurt my ribs and neck. I don't use it right after eating. I was also told by pulmonologist that I didn't need to wait for 12 hrs. Hope this helps!
Kkp10. Thank you. Yes I did put it at one for now. My ribs and muscles are still sore and spasms still bad. I am trying one for 5 minutes. If I can keep that up I’ll go higher. I was ready to quit, but I won’t give up yet, my muscles will let me know. Physical therapy for those 10 months was costly. I can’t get like that again.
Northland, what is rebounder? Never heard the word in drs office.
I must have a different vest then some of you. Mine goes from 1/10 and then the minutes. I can’t control the rest.
I have an InCourage vest. You select a percentage for your therapy. I am not able to tolerate 100%. Was doing OK at 65% until I cracked a rib from coughing. I moved it down to 50% for 2 months, now doing it at 55%, and will work back up to 65% over time. The therapist for my machine suggested I loosen the bottom strap and sit up very straight until my rib healed and that helped a lot. I was getting neck and shoulder pain when doing 65%. They sent me a different size vest (hopefully this is now the correct size) to see if that will help with the neck and shoulder issues (that was right before I broke the rib). I use my vest for 30 minutes at 6 AM (before Breakfast) and between 3:30-4:00 PM (2-3 hours after eating lunch). I cannot use the vest if I have a full stomach.
Be Your Own Advocate and tell your Doc it didn't work for you. My Pulm says it is an "option" some people like. I tried it under a 30 day trial period and took it back after a week. Like you, I can do my own postural drainage and felt the vest wasn't bringing up any more than I could do myself. I also was not able to nebulize as deeply because the vest constricted my airways. The Vests are expensive! I bought a small $50 percussion shoulder wrap and use it on my lungs - it works pretty good! My guess is your doctor won't have any problem with you not wanting it.
Good Luck!
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2 ReactionsMay I know the brand of percussion shoulder wrap you use?
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1 ReactionHi! Can you tell me the name of percussion shoulder wrap. This sounds like a good alternative.
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1 Reactionhello barbfit, what is a percussion shoulder wrap. I looked online and they show just shoulder wraps; but where is the percussion part? Thank you,
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