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What is Cardiac Rehab?

Cardiac Rehab is physical therapy for your heart muscle. You recently suffered a cardiac event. Examples include heart attack, stents, cardiac catheters, or open heart surgery. To some degree the muscle of your heart has been affected. Cardiac Rehab is designed to gradually exercise the heart muscle so you may return to your optimal level of health.

How Does It Work?

At your first visit you have to fill out paperwork, schedule a nutritional appointment and undergo a graded exercise test. This test is similar to a stress test. You will be hooked up to a heart monitor and then you will be asked to walk on a treadmill. This test allows us to document how your heart reacts to exercise. This information allows us to safely care for you during your exercise sessions in the gym.

Contact us for details about our current Cardiac Rehab schedule, as this often changes. You have the flexibility to change classes if you will call and notify us at 336.783.3401. We appreciate the advance notice. Please call if you will be absent as well. For insurance purposes we must document reasons for all missed exercise sessions.

Your exercise program is written individually for you based on the results of your exercise test. The exercises take place at several stations in the gym, utilizing various pieces of exercise equipment including stationary bicycles, treadmills, and arm ergometer. You will begin slowly and as your heart becomes stronger, your activity will increase.

Because we want exercise to become a routine part of your life, we offer your spouse a gym membership for a discounted rate while you are involved in the program. At each exercise session, you will get your weight, have your blood pressure done, put a heart monitor on and check in with the computer. At the completion of your exercise regimen, you will get your BP taken, report your results, take off your monitor and pick up education material for that day.

When you come to exercise sessions, wear comfortable clothing and supportive tennis or gym-type shoes. There are lockers, bathrooms and showers for your use in the facility.

A registered nurse with experience in cardiac care and a exercise specialist will monitor you while you exercise. All of our staff is well trained in cardiac conditioning and rehabilitation. In addition to our regular staff, we have consulting staff members such as a nutritionist and counselor. They work with us as needed with one-on-one counseling sessions.

If you have any questions concerning the program or will have to miss a session, please call 336.783.3401.

How Long Does Cardiac Rehab Last?

After your first visit, you do 36 exercise sessions. At this point you are scheduled for another graded exercise test to document your progress. Most insurance companies have exit criteria that you must meet to graduate. If you graduate, you are encouraged to join the cardiac maintenance program (call for details). If you remain in the maintenance program, your spouse can continue his/her membership.

If you do not pass your 2nd graded exercise test, you are eligible with most insurance companies to continue cardiac rehab for 36 additional sessions as a covered service. At the completion of this set of 36 sessions you have another graded exercise test to document progress.

Our patients and their satisfaction is always a priority to us. For this reason, we offer suggestion boxes as a means for you to offer constructive criticism/complaints anonymously. We encourage you to share any ideas that will help us better serve you. Periodically we conduct satisfaction surveys as a means of measuring our success as well.

Educational seminars are offered at least once a month. These are for you and your family to attend free of charge. Contact us for dates and times. You must attend these education seminars as part of the Cardiac Rehab Program.

Ask About Cardiac Rehab Today!

If you've suffered a recent cardiac event such as the ones listed above, Cardiac Rehabilitation could help you attain a full recovery. Take control of your health and contact us today to learn more about this program.

Program Contacts
Tabitha King - Exercise Specialist
Mary Ann Carter - Registered Nurse

PROHEALTH Cardio and Pulmonary: 336-783-3401
Fax: 336-786-7357