Preoperative Inspiratory Muscle Training is associated with a reduction of post-operative lung complications, such as atelectasis (the collapse of part or all of a lung) and pneumonia. It decreases the duration of hospital stay in adults undergoing cardiac, thoracic and major abdominal surgery. It can also reduce your risk of chest infection/pneumonia by up to 50 percent!

Our experienced physiotherapists will do an assessment of your inspiratory muscles and do an individualised respiratory muscle training programme to help you to improve your lung function and have a better recovery post-surgery. You will use a small device to train your respiratory muscles at home, with supervision and progression of the programme as needed.

To reduce your risk of a post-op chest infection, you will be taught other simple breathing exercises and how to perform an effective cough after your surgery.