Cardiac Rehabilitation | Hansen Family Hospital

A Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is designed to help patients with heart disease recover faster and return to full and productive lives.

Programs include exercise, education, counseling and learning ways to live a healthier life. You can benefit from cardiac rehab if you:

Have heart disease, such as angina or heart failure, or have had a heart attack
Have had coronary bypass surgery or a balloon catheter (PTCA) procedure on your heart
Have had a heart transplant
Have had a heart valve repair or replacement

Cardiac Rehab is a safe and effective way to help you feel better faster, get stronger, reduce stress, reduce the risks of further heart problems and live longer. Almost everyone with heart disease can benefit from some type of cardiac rehab program. Nobody is too old or too young, and women benefit as much as men. Components of a comprehensive program include exercise training, nutritional counseling, smoking cessation counseling and stress management. Education on symptom management, medications and lifestyle changes should be included.

At Hansen Family Hospital, we offer a comprehensive Phase II Rehabilitation program and a community fitness program.

Phase II Rehabilitation

Phase II is designed for individuals who have been discharged from the hospital and continue their rehabilitation program on an outpatient basis. Sessions are held three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). The sessions feature individualized exercise prescriptions and educational classes dealing with developing a healthy lifestyle.

Phase II education programs cover such topics as:

nutrition
weight control
stress and relaxation techniques
coronary artery disease
risk factor modifications

Individual teaching and counseling is provided as needed. Monitored exercise can include stationary cycling, recumbent steppers and/or treadmill workouts. Your heart rate, heart rhythm, blood pressure and tolerance levels are monitored during the entire exercise session. Exercise in the Phase II program is supervised by a nurse and exercise technician.

*A physician's order is required to participate in the Phase II program.

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