Cardiac Rehabilitation
What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?
Cardiac Rehab is a customized program of exercise and education designed for patients with or at risk for heart disease. It includes a personal exercise plan to help you recover quickly and improve your health.
Who can benefit from Cardiac Rehabilitation?
People of all ages who have had:
- Heart attack
- Coronary Bypass Surgery
- Valve Replacements/Repairs
- Stents
- Angioplasty
- Heart Transplantation
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Chest Pain
- Congenital Heart Disease
Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Beginning an exercise program that is safe, effective, and appropriate for you
- Exercising while being supervised by an exercise physiologist
- Exercising while wearing a heart monitor
- Monitoring of blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen levels
- Nutrition consultations from the health educator
- Regular follow-up with the nurse
- Modifying risk factors
- Stress management
- Preparing to return to work
- Free education classes
- Starting a home exercise program and continuing physical activity at home
- Learning how your heart works
Long-term benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Although it may be difficult to start a cardiac rehabilitation program when you're not feeling well, you'll benefit in the long run. The goal is to reduce the risk of another cardiac event or to keep an already present heart condition from getting worse.
One of the most valuable benefits of cardiac rehabilitation is often an improvement in your overall quality of life. You will find social support as you meet others who have gone through similar experiences.
Cardiac rehabilitation can steer you through fear and anxiety as you return to an active lifestyle, with more motivation and energy to do the things you enjoy. You're likely to come out of your cardiac rehabilitation program feeling healthier and happier than before.
Contact Information
Cardiac Rehab Nurse
Thea Brannon: 581-3922
Exercise Physiologist
Melissa Jackson: 585-3508
