Kamloops Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

About Kamloops Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program offers an eight-week group exercise and education program designed to help individuals with lung conditions improve their breathing, overall fitness, and quality of life.

Participants learn to exercise under the direct supervision of health care professionals. Pulmonary rehabilitation is structured around two components:

• Exercise Training
  • Aerobic and resistance training to improve endurance, strength, and functional capacity
• Education and Self-Management Support
  • Topics may include inhaler technique, energy conservation, nutrition, breathing strategies, symptom monitoring, and action planning
  • These components are integrated to support long-term behaviour change, improve daily function, and reduce disease burden

Lean more about the program:

• Program commitment:
  • Participants meet twice a week for eight week
• Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation:
  • Reduced shortness of breath and improved exercise capacity
  • Increased strength and endurance
  • Improve overall quality of life
  • Reduced anxiety and depression related to lung disease
  • Fewer hospitalizations
  • Better management of symptoms and daily activities

Kamloops Program Locations:

Kamloops in-person Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Sessions held at Tournament Capital Centre (TCC)

910 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC V2C 6N6

Setting: In-Person: Community-Based (Outpatient)
Categories: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Phone: 778-220-3761or 250-319-4150
Fax: 250-314-2379
kamloopsprp@interiorhealth.ca

Kamloops Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Royal Inland Hospital (Online using zoom)

311 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T1

Setting: Online (requires access to computer or tablet with camera, an internet connection and email address)
Categories: Exercise Resource, Education Resource

Phone: 778-220-3761 or 250-319-4150
Fax: 250-314-2379
kamloopsprp@interiorhealth.ca

Kamloops Virtual Harmonicas for Health and Happiness Program (Online using zoom)

Harmonicas for Health (and Happiness) is a 5-week virtual program for individuals with COPD (and / or other lung conditions) to exercise their respiratory muscles by learning how to play the harmonica

#36-450 Lansdowne Street Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y3

Setting: Online (requires access to computer or tablet with camera, an internet connection and email address)
Categories: Exercise Resource, Education Resource

Phone: 250-819-0915
Fax: 250-314-2379
kamloopsprp@interiorhealth.ca

Benefits of Harmonicas for Health (and Happiness):

• Better control of your breathing 
• Exercise your breathing muscles, mainly your diaphragm 
• Exercise your abdominal muscles 
• Boost your self-confidence and relieve stress 
• Socialize with others and have fun 
• Decrease your shortness of breath and improve your quality of life

Program materials

• Program brochure
• Promotional Video
• Referral form