Center for Cardiac Fitness
What to Expect
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Throughout the center, there is
a desire to better understand and learn how to live with heart
disease.
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Our twelve-week cardiac rehabilitation program begins with a complete
review of your medical background, your current health status and
physical limitations. To help us evaluate your current condition,
we ask that you either provide the results of a recent stress test
or undergo a stress test at the center.
We ask you about your personal goals for attaining optimal health
and cardiac fitness.
Once the initial evaluation is complete, we prescribe a customized
program to help you achieve your personal goals. Program sessions
meet three days per week, typically run an hour and a half, and
include both an exercise and an education component.
- Cardiovascular exercises include stationary cycling, treadmill
walking, stair climbing and rowing.
- Weight training, nutrition education, relaxation therapy, and
heart health education are also available.
- Throughout the program we monitor your blood pressure, heart
rhythm, glucose levels and body weight.
At the end of the twelve weeks, we re-evaluate your condition.
We make recommendations to help you maintain and further achieve
positive outcomes by practicing heart healthy living. Finally, we
report your progress and our recommendations to your personal physician.
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