Two Alberta physiotherapists are seeing an influx of long COVID patients in their practices. Social Sharing 'We are talking about tens of thousands of people in Alberta potentially being disabled for a long time' Posted: May 08, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 8 Two Alberta physiotherapists say they are seeing younger, predominantly female long COVID patients.(Submitted by Jessica DeMars) Some Alberta physiotherapists are hiring additional staff to deal with a wave of COVID-19 long-haulers, an issue they expect to worsen as the province records its highest case counts of the pandemic. Jessica DeMars is a respiratory physiotherapist with Breathe Well Physio in Calgary, and she said around 80 percent of her patients are what's been termed "long COVID" patients — people with enduring and debilitating symptoms linked to a COVID-19 infection.