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Question: Are you on Dialysis?

A clinical study done by Dr Chiew Kong, Renal Unit, Lister Hospital, Stevenage has proved that exercising during dialysis actually improves the effectiveness of the treatment and removal of urea, creatinine and potassium from the system.

It came to light in the summer of this year, that a dialysis unit was purchasing Airogym™ Exercisers. Further investigation discovered that Dr Kong advocates that exercise during the dialysis treatment is very beneficial to the patient. After completing a clinical trial (Please see attached Appendix III), whereby the patients had to cycle during treatment, she discovered a much easier way for her patients increase the blood flow through the system, so she regularly purchases Airogym™ Exercisers for her dialysis unit in Hertfordshire. The increase in blood flow makes the dialysis treatment more effective. The patient becomes stronger and fitter for their every day life.

Dialysis patients suffer treatments 3 or 4 times a week for 4 hours or so. The treatment itself is unpleasant and often leaves them feeling week. They then feel better for a while until the toxins in the body start building again before their next treatment, then the cycle repeats. Anything that can be done to help them feel better is high on our list of priorities.

There are many benefits for hospitals to purchase the Airogym™ Dialysis Exerciser for their patients or indeed for patients to buy their own Airogym™ Dialysis Exerciser.

      • Simple, safe and effective.
         
      • Exercise during dialysis improves efficiency of dialysis treatment.
         
      • The exercise is gentle – many dialysis patients are elderly and / or weak. There are
        exercise bikes custom made for dialysis patients however many patients are too weak
        to use them. The Airogym™ Exerciser is such a gentle exercise, that most patients can manage it. The more air put into the exerciser the harder the work out, and vice versa, therefore the user can adapt the product to suit their individual needs.
         
      • The patient does not require supervision whilst using the Airogym™ Exerciser, they do
        require constant monitoring whilst using the bikes, which is a huge drain on the hospitals resources, in both time and money, not things hospitals have in abundance.
         
      • The Airogym™ Exerciser is comparatively inexpensive. Hospitals can buy in bulk at trade prices.
         
      • The Airogym™ Exerciser is portable and can be taken home by the patients and their exercises continued, this improves the quality of their life in general.
         
      • Dialysis is time consuming and boring – using the Airogym™ Exerciser gives the patients something to do during their treatment.

      Testimonials

      Hello

      I recently started using your DVT cushion while on dialysis, as recommended by my consultant, to help improve my circulation.

      What a difference it has made! After half an hour muscles I'd long forgotten about reminded me of their existence!
      I have now bought my own cushion and use it regularly during the day while watching the telly or using the computer and it has made quite a difference already.

      It is such a simple idea, but so effective, especially when energy levels aren't very good and regular exercise is too tiring.

      Everyone should have a "Squishy Cushion"!!! Many thanks for a wonderful idea. Hilary Murphy

      Chester