How to self prone?
Dr. Ilan Lieberman is the medical director at Levitex. Over the past year, he has been working on the front line with the team at Wythenshawe Hospital, in the fight against Covid-19. We are so proud of him and all the other doctors and nurses across the UK.
As Dr. Lieberman continues to work tirelessly in the Intensive Care Unit, he has told us that one of the critical interventions being used to help patients with coronavirus is the use of pillows to position them in prone.
We quickly realised that our pillows’ pressure relieving abilities are perfect for proning, and we wanted to help! Therefore, we have donated more than a hundred of our Levitex pillows to ICUs across the North West region.
Using his experience in ICUs, Ilan has put together a how-to guide and a short video for us about self-proning, covering the best way to self-prone.
Self-proning at home
Dr. Ilan has produced two short videos on how to self-prone in your own home. This guide will be particularly beneficial if you are having breathing difficulties due to symptoms of coronavirus Covid-19.
We have also produced a downloadable booklet of his self-proning advice, adapted from his work in ICUs. This might help you alleviate your symptoms if you are struggling to breathe due to Covid-19.
How to self-prone at home.
Self-proning with reduced movement.
An evidence-based approach
Our clinical expertise
We are passionate about improving your quality of sleep. Our mission is to tell the world about sleep posture and give everyone the tools to improve theirs.
Dr Ilan Lieberman - Medical Director
Our Medical Director, Dr Ilan Lieberman works as a Pain Medicine Consultant and Clinician with The University Hospitals of South Manchester (UHSM). Between 2004 and 2014 he was the Clinical Lead for the Pain Medicine Service in UHSM. In December 2013 he was appointed as the Director of UHSM Academy, the learning and development arm of UHSM. His areas of special interest include back pain management and interventions, chronic pain syndromes after surgery, trauma, injury or infection, complex regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, pain management in multiple sclerosis, refractory angina pain and whiplash.
Dr Lieberman joined Levitex at the very start of the journey and has been working alongside James ever since.
Louise Rogerson - Clinical Lead
Louise Rogerson is a Chartered Physiotherapist with a special interest in Neurology and Older People, with nearly 30 years of clinical experience. Her work has included clinical service delivery in hospitals, rehab units, and in the community, as well as working as a commissioner in the NHS.
Louise joined forces with James in 2021 after following her own ‘Sleep Posture Journey’ and realising that the accepted norm in neurology was not being applied elsewhere.
James Leinhardt - our founder and inventor
James Leinhardt has a wealth of knowledge in nighttime postural care and has designed class-one medical devices to manage the posture for clients suffering with complex neurological illness and injury. He works with NHS trusts and social care throughout the UK and his nighttime system has reached clients as far as the Middle East and Australia. Working with client groups such as catastrophic brain injury, MS, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke survivors, James feels a social obligation and strong sense of purpose to care and improve the lives of patients in medical difficulty and the wider public.
You can also find him public speaking and on the TV to spread the message of the importance of sleep posture, or on TikTok, where his sleep positioning tips have amassed a loyal following.
James also guest lectures at Universities across the UK and US and is a Honorary Lecturer at the School of Sport and Health Sciences within the University of Central Lancashire. He is passionate about spreading the message of the importance of sleep posture as a clinical intervention to the next generations of nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.
“We’ve seen clear evidence of success in using proning – a technique that is more commonly used for patients with pneumonia and on ventilators – in the fight against COVID-19.”
— Dr Shondipon Laha BM BCh MA (Oxon) FRCA FFICM - Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Conscious patient proning
To get the latest NHS information and advice about coronavirus (COVID-19), a new illness that affects your lungs and airways please visit the NHS website.
Download our conscious patient proning guide in full, developed in conjunction with UCLAN and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
If you require further information on self-proning you can contact us on email at enquiries@levitexfoams.com