Tokai Physiotherapy Inc.
CARDIAC REHABILITATION
Tokai Physiotherapy Inc Lake M & Associates Physiotherapist Inc. T H R I V I N G
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Committed to excellence
OUR REHAB TEAM The Story Behind Our Team Tokai Physiotherapy Inc was established in 2021 by Marchelle Lake and Megan Bezuidenhout. Our practice upholds the highest standards of care and is committed to efficacy and an evidence based, innovative approach to physical rehabilitation. Our team is comprised of 6 dynamic physiotherapists boasting over 35 years of combined experience. We make a significant and positive impact on people’s lives through caring, healing and empowering. We treat every patient with dignity and respect. Our physiotherapists believe that every patient is unique. That’s why we conduct thorough first evaluations to ensure treatment programmes are equally unique. It’s our goal to treat not only the symptoms but the underlying cause. Our vision remains to build an all-inclusive environment with a patient-centered approach and utilize the various disciplines in-house to provide the highest possible level of care.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT? Each physiotherapist has a special interest within physiotherapy and has the ambition to thrive and excel within their field. We run 6 main departments within the practice each with a lead physiotherapist that is highly skilled and trained to offer effective patient centred care in line with international guidelines.
OUR REHABILITATION DEPARTMENTS
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Pulmonary rehabilitation Orthopaedic rehabilitation Cardiac rehabilitation Neurological rehabilitation Cancer rehabilitation Pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation
CARDIAC REHABILITATION “If you have nothing to be grateful for...check your pulse.” Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised programme designed to improve your cardiovascular health if you have experienced heart attack, heart failure, angioplasty or heart surgery.
OUR APPROACH At Tokai Physiotherapy, we are passionate about helping people who have undergone cardiac surgeries and require post surgical rehabilitation. Following an initial complex assessment, the treating physiotherapist will develop a custom tailored treatment plan to improve quality of life, exercise tolerance and overall physical functioning.
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Improves physical functioning.
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Improves endurance.
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Restores function and independence post-operatively.
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Prevents respiratory complications.
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Recover from heart surgery or a heart attack.
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Prevent future heart problems, hospital stays and death related to heart problems
P Make necessary lifestyle changes. These include a healthy diet and being physically active.
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Heart attack
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Heart failure
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Angioplasty
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Open heart surgery (valve replacements, CABG)
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Pre and post heart transplantation
CARDIAC REHAB AT TOKAI PHYSIOTHERAPY Sara van Velze is the lead physiotherapist in the cardiac department. She originally completed her MSc in Physiotherapy with a focus on chronic pain. Having begun working with cardiac patients at Tokai Physiotherapy Inc, she has become intrigued and excited by the overlap in the way both chronic pain and cardiac rehab can be approached with regard to pacing of activity, managing anxiety, bodily sensations and training the brain to improve and restore function. She has completed her certificate in International Aquatic Techniques and enjoys finding safe and effective ways to exercise patients in the water. She will be completing the cardiac rehabilitation certification through the American Association in 2022 in order to grow her knowledge and skills in providing rehabilitation to this patient group.
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Habilitation for any elective surgery
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Hydrotherapy for non-operative cases
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Medical monitoring throughout therapy to ensure safety
OUR CARDIAC REHAB TEAM SARA VAN VELZE Cardiac Lead Physiotherapist Aqua therapist Sara has a special interest in chronic pain and aquatherapy. Sara leads the aquatherapy rehabilitation in the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme and this is an optimal place to start rehabilitation.
MARCHELLE LAKE Tokai Physiotherapy Director/Owner Marchelle is passionate about holistic care administered by a coordinated interdisciplinary team. She leads the pulmonary rehabilitation department at Tokai physiotherapy and is passionate about “breathlessness”, the unbearable symptom experienced by many suffering chronic lung diseases.
OUR REVIEWS “I’m proud of physiotherapy. Big help. The Dr saves the life but the physiotherapist makes me get better…” - Mr Jacobs “The physiotherapists are friendly and professional in their approach. They really know what they are doing. That puts me at ease and ready to do anything. The way they render their service makes you feel so great that you master the exercises the first time” - Mr Campbell “After spending 3 weeks in hospital I was so weak. After complex surgery and many complications I could not have asked for more professional and empathetic care. Thank you to all.” - Mr Swart
Tokai Physiotherapy Inc Lake M & Associates Physiotherapist Inc. T H R I V I N G
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TOKAI PHYSIOTHERAPY INC TEL: 076 527 5136 EMAIL: ENQUIRIES@TOKAIPHYSIOTHERAPY.CO.ZA PRACTICE NUMBER: 0952710 FAIRCAPE HEALTH TOKAI ESTATE CNR VANS RD & WINDSOR PLACE, TOKAI