You might say, hey, you want a high carb and low-fat diet – but that’s a terrible idea for a pulmonary patient. Greenspan published the Guide to Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Diseases, a book co-written with patients detailing how to live your best life with ILD. I recommend it for its content--covering what in your body may have become a battlefield--or your lungs are the Demilitarized Zone thanks to antibiotics, inhalers, nebulizers, and all the thins most of us don't spend a minute thinking about during the day.

Noah has managed to succeed where many have faltered, presenting much information, while keeping his writing style light, extremely readable and fun. From 1995-1999, he served as the chief physical therapist of the Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Center under the direction of Drs. It’s also stressful managing all the things you have to do for your disease, and then it’s depressing as you start to lose certain aspects of your life. When people begin to experience shortness of breath, they either find ways to modify the activities that cause them discomfort or they simply avoid them altogether.

This segment also includes contributions from Donna Frownfelter, PT, DPT, MA, CCS, RRT, FCCP, and Marion Mackles, PT, BS, LMT. Greenspan has served as the Federal Affairs Liaison representing the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and on the Leadership Board of the American Lung Association of the Northeast.

You may make other uses of the content only with the written permission of the author on payment of a fee. By going from sedentary to active or from active to more active, you can reasonably expect to see improvements in many of your individual physiological systems, as well as your body as a whole, and dare I say, your mind and spirit as well .

Noah Greenspan is a New York State Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider; a professional SCUBA Diving International Open Water Instructor, and underwater naturalist, with a passion for shark photography; a musician, artist and clothing designer under the moniker, Noah G Pop! Greenspan then played a clip to give us a preview of the content, with inspirational sayings like, “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.