Transitional Rehab Helps Cardiac Disease Patients Manage Their Condition

If you’ve recently been diagnosed with heart disease, it is very likely that you’ve been advised to make some serious lifestyle changes in order to improve your health and overall well being. Heart disease may be discovered during a routine physical examination, or when a serious cardiac event (like a heart attack) occurs. No matter how cardiac disease is diagnosed, transitional rehab is one of your best options to make these changes quickly and effectively.

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

A medically supervised, comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to improve the health condition of patients diagnosed with heart disease is known as cardiac rehabilitation. Through the use of in depth, personalized rehabilitation programs, medical professionals at a transitional rehab center work with patients who are recovering from a heart attack or other heart related medical procedures to reduce the risk of further heart related problems in the future. Cardiac rehab is also intended to be used as an aid by heart disease patients to prevent heart attacks and other heart related medical procedures by helping decrease their risk factors and control cardiac disease symptoms.

Prodigy Transitional Rehab’s team of medical professionals work closely with hospitals and doctors to evaluate and determine the current status of a heart disease patient’s health and the level of exercise they can safely tolerate. The medical staff gathers this information, and uses it to create a specific cardiac rehabilitation plan, tailored to the individual, that meets their specific needs and limitations.

A cardiac rehabilitation plan typically includes educating the patient about their condition, and how to manage the symptoms. This educational training includes nutritional counseling aimed at helping cardiac patients follow a heart healthy diet, lifestyle coaching that teaches the patient how to get rid of harmful habits, and weight loss counseling to help achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.

The plan will most likely include a progressive exercise routine taught and monitored by a licensed physical therapist, and mental health support and counseling to manage the emotional impact of heart disease, like anxiety and depression.

What are the benefits of transitional rehab for cardiac disease management?

Heart disease patients who take advantage of cardiac disease management transitional rehab programs can see an increase in energy, and gain the confidence to manage the disease and its symptoms once they are discharged, all while improving the level of their health and fitness. Heart disease patients often see an increase in balance, endurance, flexibility, and strength after transitional rehabilitation for cardiac disease management. Their body weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol profiles are at much healthier levels, resulting in better health than many have experienced for years.

Other potential benefits of transitional rehabilitation for cardiac disease management include reduced complications and symptoms from heart disease, stronger and healthier cardiac function, as well as reduced risk factors that can contribute to the progression of heart disease.If you have been diagnosed with heart disease or have suffered a cardiac event, transitional rehab is definitely something you should consider in order to get your health back on track and return home to as normal and independent life as possible.

At Prodigy Transitional Rehab, our focus is on providing each patient with a positive rehab experience. Because of these positive experiences, a significant number of our patients return to Margate for future rehabilitation needs. With rehabilitation services available 7 days a week, patients get the intensive treatment they need to return to their prior level of independence as quickly as possible. Prodigy specializes in Transitional Rehabilitation, a comprehensive rehabilitation approach that focuses on short-stay recovery after surgery or other illness. Contact us today to learn more.