Cardiac Rehab
If you’ve been diagnosed with a heart-related condition, your doctor may decide to prescribe treatment to help strengthen your heart, reduce risk factors, inform you about healthy nutrition and safety precautions as you return home, and help you resume a normal or semi-normal lifestyle. A cardiac rehab program is designed to educate participants on heart health, and help them learn to be more active, and get on with life as a stronger and healthier person.
If you’ve been diagnosed with a heart-related condition, your doctor may decide to prescribe treatment to help strengthen your heart, reduce risk factors, inform you about healthy nutrition and safety precautions as you return home, and help you resume a normal lifestyle.
Cardiac Rehab can help strengthen the heart and reduce the risk for heart disease and it may include an exercise program, nutrition guidelines, stress management techniques and smoking cessation counseling.
The goal is to help modify the risk factors related to heart disease and to develop a personalized plan to help each patient achieve his or her maximum potential for heart health.
Ask your cardiologist about a Cardiac Rehab referral.
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