‘Really takes its toll’: North Texas centers offer treatment for COVID-19 long-haulers

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‘Really takes its toll’: North Texas centers offer treatment for COVID-19 long-haulers
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Scott Amon was getting ready for work one Saturday in June 2020 when he noticed he couldn’t catch his breath. “I can’t breathe. I can’t catch my breath. I...

The number of coronavirus patients who experience long COVID is hard to quantify, but studies show it is more prevalent among people who have a severe case of the disease.

“I can’t breathe. I can’t catch my breath. I can’t breathe,” the 62-year-old remembers calling to his wife from the bathroom in their Fort Worth home. All told, Amon’s diagnosis — and other complications from the virus — would require two separate monthlong hospital stays and four months of physical therapy.

To help overcome the challenges of his extended hospital stay and COVID-19 complications, Amon turned to SporTherapy, a physical-therapy center that has been tailoring treatments specifically for COVID-19 long-haulers.

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