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Low Aerobic Exercise: Weight Loss (Without Pain Or Strain)

Low Aerobic Exercise for Weight Loss Without Pain Or Strain

Low aerobic exercise? What does that mean? Let us explain 


There’s a chance that to lose weight you’re trying workouts that are very hard. In fact, so hard that your knees, back, shoulders, and ankles are under great strain.

It’s a mistaken idea people often have that exercise has to be extremely energetic, vigorous intensive – and painful – to be effective. And that makes people push themselves at an unbearable pace to “burn calories fast” through high-intensity exercise.

But most of us who are not trained athletes can’t keep up such intense workouts, day after day. Also, such“stop-start” exercising is what makes our weight loss and fitness programs unsuccessful.

There is a smarter, less injurious way to exercise – and that’s by doing “low aerobic exercise”. You will be able to do your exercises without strain and pain. And it will all be easy to do as a daily habit.

Your excess weight will fall off by regular working out, without giving up –  rather than by trying to push yourself to breakdown levels.

Want to know more about low aerobic exercise? Read on!

 

Low aerobic exercise: Why should you try it?

We all know that an important part of exercise is aerobic capacity. Aerobic means “with air”. In other words, exercises that make us breathe in deep, and raise the heart rate, help burn those unwanted calories.

Exercise also helps with other ailments like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, or cholesterol – or if you have a family history of heart disease. Remember, the chances of future heart attacks get multiplied when you are unable to control these other diseases as well.

While any exercise works for weight loss and your heart care, it can only do so if the exercise regimen is consistent and can be continued, not just for the short term but as a long term habit. That’s the best way to lose calories and keep them away for good.

Low-impact aerobic fitness exercises are the answer to injury-less, regular, and yet effective weight loss.

Low aerobic exercise is also often called by various other names – such as low intensity exercise, low impact exercise, low intensity cardio, low impact cardio, low impact aerobics, and so on. The idea is the same whatever the name. Do the exercise, but control the harmful overload of strain on your skeletal frame, muscles, and body.

 

Benefits of low aerobic exercise: why is it good?

Even if your weight loss and ideal fitness level are more gradually achieved, there are huge benefits to low aerobic exercises:

  1. You can still burn calories at a fairly consistent pace, provided you do low aerobic exercises as long-duration exercises (say half-an-hour to one-hour workouts) and consistently over time.
  2. Your exercises are less likely to lead to injury or burnout caused by working out at high body-discomfort levels.
  3. After exercise you will still have enough energy left in your body to continue with your daily work, instead of crashing down on the bed for the rest of the day.
  4. You are more likely to stick with these pleasant (and non-painful) exercises that you enjoy.
  5. You will probably burn more calories in the long run with low aerobic exercise because you are more likely to keep at the exercise habit.
  6. Low aerobic exercises also increase the production of endorphins (happy hormones), which act as natural painkillers – and can improve your mood to relieve symptoms of depression.
  7. Many low impact exercises also train your body in the key area of balance and poise, along with losing weight. Focusing on your slow movements through exercises like tai chi, yoga, and pilates will improve body alignment and you’ll look less bulky.
  8. Low-intensity aerobic exercises also calm your nervous system so you’re ready for a great night’s sleep after working out.

What is the ideal low aerobic heart rate zone?

 

According to the Cleveland Clinic, low-intensity cardio training is when you work out between 50%–60% of your maximum heart rate for a steady 30 minutes or more.

Monitor your heart rate zone with a smartwatch.

At this level of intensity, you can sustain the workout for a longer period of time – and build your endurance and training load progressively.

 

How do low-intensity aerobic exercises work?

According to the American Council on Exercise (ACE), during lower intensity exercise, your muscles rely on energy production from a combination of oxygen, carbohydrates, and fats. Your body learns to use these energy sources more efficiently, allowing you to work out for longer stretches of time.

Further, according to a paper published in the Strength & Conditioning Journal low-intensity aerobics also helps to strengthen your “slow-twitch” muscle fibers. These slow-twitch muscle fibers are the ones used by your body for sustained, smaller movements and postural control. The use of these muscle fibers allows maximum oxygen uptake during low aerobic exercise.

 

How do you know if you’re doing low aerobic exercises correctly?

 

Monitor your heart rate with a smartwatch

 

 

Experts say you should be able to hold a conversation while completing a low-intensity cardio workout. You shouldn’t be gasping and out of breath completely.

Trainers also say that in low aerobic exercises, one foot must stay on the ground at all times. When both legs lift up, you pound back to the ground straining a lot of joints and bones.

 

 

How can you “turn up the burn” with low aerobic exercise?

Indeed, you can burn more fat and calories as a part of your low intensity cardio routine. How?

Change up your routine often. The human body quickly adapts to your workout. As it adapts it becomes more efficient, thus burning fewer calories even though you are doing the same workout at the same level of exertion. So, change your mode of exercise every now and then.

How much must you exercise when doing low aerobic workouts?

Typical recommendations for low aerobic exercise include at least a 20-30 minute workout between 3-5 times a week.

People who can increase their low aerobic exercise sessions to 40-60 minutes, 5-6 times a week, report even better results. But you have to very gradually increase the exercising time.

What are some great low aerobic exercises to try?

Finding the right low aerobic exercise routine is typically dependent on your personal preference, and may involve a process of trial and error. Here are some excellent ideas 


1.  Low aerobic workout routines (if you like a sequenced regimen)

Here are two popular physical activity routines from YouTube to try 


a. Fun, low impact workout for TOTAL beginners

 

b.15 Min Low Impact Aerobics – Quiet Cardio Workout for Beginners with No Jumping – Easy Exercises

2.  Other home-based low aerobic exercise activity

  • Pilates done with a focus on posture perfection
  • Yoga asanas accompanied by deep breathing, and mindfulness
  • Low impact cardio with light-to-moderate hand weights
  • Treadmill walking at a moderate but steady pace
  • Stair-climbing with slow step by step pacing
  • Gentle rowing aiming for duration and not speed
  • Step aerobics done with low stepping platforms
  • Ballroom dancing or any other form of gliding dance moves

 

3.  Outdoors-based low aerobic exercise activity

  • Walking at a brisk but not overly fast pace
  • Cycling with rhythmic pedaling movements
  • Tai chi done in a slow, focused manner with deep breathing
  • Hiking on low-grade terrain for longer distances
  • Rock climbing with usage of controlled muscle strength
  • Swimming with graceful arms and legs coordination
  • Skating or rollerblading (if you know how to stop when you need to!)
  • Golf – a great exercise if you skip the golf-cart rides and walk the course

 

Lose that excess weight. Treat your heart responsibly. Do exercise, but without any pain or strain that delays results. Good luck!

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Happiness And Your Heart: They Need Each Other (To Thrive)

Happiness And Your Heart They Need Each Other To Thrive

Happiness and your heart are like the classic chicken-and-egg situation.

Great philosophers have often declared that where there’s no heart there’s no happiness. Research now hints at the fact that where there’s no happiness there’s no heart.

Happiness and your heart support each other. And it’s not just philosophical belief, it’s a medically proven fact.

Wherever you are in this cycle, the good thing to know is that you have the power to make it all positive. It’s all in your hands, so read on 


 

What is happiness? A doctor-cum-philosopher’s answer 


Everybody knows what happiness feels like, but it’s actually hard to define. While medical science can now tell us what happiness can do for our health – and especially our hearts – we often have to look to the philosophers to explain to us what such a vague idea as “happiness” means.

Deepak Chopra, M.D., one of the finest examples of a medical specialist who is also a philosopher, probably has the best explanation. He says: “Real happiness is when you are happy for no reason at all …”

But like any doctor, he too agrees that happiness is a great support to heart health, just as heart health is a great support to happiness.

Moreover, as doctors will tell you, ailments like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, or cholesterol – or if you have a family history of heart disease – can all multiply the negative effects on your heart. So, if you have such ailments, you need to give your heart more care by keeping your mind as happy as you can.

 

Can we measure happiness? 5 ways scientists are trying to 


It may sound like a difficult idea to actually measure happiness but researchers and psychologists these days are trying to find some ways. A lot of research on happiness-measuring seems to be checking out 5 factors – like biology, behavior, positivity, readiness to interact with others, and self-esteem.

Scientists are interested in seeing if high levels of such factors can directly connect with a high level of happiness.

 

3 interesting research findings on happiness and your heart

 

interesting research findings on happiness and your heart

 

There appears to be a lot of interest in the medical world in the area of studying happiness and its medical value (especially, its impact on heart health).

Here are glimpses of just some of the interesting research findings we have in this area 



1.  Happy people are 22% less likely to develop heart disease

Karina W. Davidson, Ph.D., lead researcher at Columbia University Medical Center, (talking to WebMD.com) says that “ 
the happiest people are 22% less likely to develop heart disease than people who fall in the middle of the negative-positive emotional experiences scale.”

In fact, she says, people with the most negative emotions have the highest risk of heart disease, and people who score highest for happiness have the lowest risk.

She has also tried to pinpoint some of the factors why she believes happiness may affect heart health:

  1. Happy people appear to have healthier lifestyles – they sleep well, eat better, smoke less, and get more exercise.
  2. Happiness may be helping people produce positive chemical changes and lesser stress hormones – all good for the heart.
  3. Genetics may also be a cause – there may be some connection between those who are happier by birth and are heart-healthy too.

2.  Happy people have less risk of a heart attack despite heredity

Lisa R.Yanek, MPH, of Johns Hopkins University, has published a paper in The American Journal of Cardiology, which finds that happy people have less risk of a heart attack — even if their family history puts them in the high-risk category.

Her happiness research study indicates that having a bad attitude can even affect the length of your life because negative emotions are connected to developing cardiovascular disease.

On the other hand, the good news she gives is that happy people have significantly lower chances of heart attacks and other cardiac problems. She measures happiness by levels of positive emotions, cheerfulness, and life satisfaction. Interestingly, she finds that happiness can be increased if people make an effort to be happier. For example, smiling can help improve mood and reduce stress.

3.  Happiness protects the heart by reducing blood pressure

Sophie Bostock, Ph.D., in a paper published in PubMedCentral, a highly respected database from the US National Institutes of Health, says happiness protects the heart by reducing blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart disease.

Her study of over 6,500 people over the age of 65 has found that positive well-being is linked to a 9% lower risk of high blood pressure and less strain on heart muscles.

 

2 encouraging research findings on happiness being in your control

 

encouraging research findings on happiness being in your control

 

If you believe happiness cannot be artificially created, you could be wrong – because there is again some research that says happiness can be self-created and controlled 


1.  Negative people can become happier and help their heart

Bertram Pitt, MD, the Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan (talking to WebMD.com) explains the findings of his study on happiness and heart health. He says that previously experts believed some people were by nature happier than others. But research increasingly shows that it is possible for negative people to become happier and help their hearts by focusing on acts like these:

  1. Expressing gratitude more often.
  2. Looking at things more optimistically.
  3. Doing more acts of kindness.
  4. Learning to mindfully experience joyful events.
  5. Forgiving others and forgiving themselves.
  6. Training themselves to sleep and eat better.

 

2.  40% of our happiness may be under our control

Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside has authored the bestseller book “The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want”.

Her research has made her discover that up to 40% of our happiness may be under our control. Happiness levels, she believes, can be increased through dropping grudges, building relationships, enjoying happy events, practicing kindness, expressing gratitude, exercising regularly, and getting enough sleep.

 

5 simple tips to keep your heart ticking with happiness 


 

1.  Don’t cut back on a good night’s sleep.

Sleep is a very essential part of health. The stress of having many late nights can rob both your happiness and your heart health.

2. Add some laugh time to your calendar.

If you aren’t naturally joyful, join a laughter club in your neighborhood. The heart-health advantages of laughter (or even just smiling) are too good to miss.

3.  Keep your body moving in activity.

Being idle or lazy never kindles joy. On the contrary, activity – any activity – perks you up. It revs up your blood circulation and gets your mind, heart, and body together for performance of tasks.

4.  Give your body the right fuels it needs.

Eating wholesome food is one way of showing your heart that you care about its health. Your heart will brim over with happiness and energy.

5.  Be grateful and give more than you receive.

Almost every scientist seems to have found that an attitude of gratitude, and getting pleasure in giving to others (more than you receive), creates a great sense of self-satisfaction and happiness.

As we round up, read this 


The Unicode Consortium has said that the two most used emojis are the “Face With Tears Of Joy” and the “Red Heart”. Fill your heart with loving care. Smile. And keep sharing your happiness!

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What Does A Fluttering Heart Mean? (Something Serious?)

What Does A Fluttering Heart Mean? Is it Something Serious?

What does a fluttering heart mean? Why does it feel so scary? What should you do? Is it dangerous? Should you call a doctor – or even an ambulance – if it persists?

FEAR NOT 
 RELAX 
 TAKE A DEEP BREATH!

A fluttering heart is more common than you think. And the last thing you need to do is to make it flutter faster with an added layer of anxiety.

Heart flutters (medically called palpitations) can often be caused by easily recognizable triggers – like stress, anxiety, medications, exercise, or because you’ve had too much caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol. Only sometimes are they more serious than that.

So stay calm – and let’s go through the why and how and what-to-do…

 

Understanding heart flutters or palpitations

On any day, your heart beats about 100,000 times, and you’re not even aware of it. It’s normally a quiet organ, efficiently pumping oxygen-and-nutrient-enriched blood to your body.

You feel the flutter in your chest, or heart palpitations, only when you suddenly become aware of the irregular beats of your heart. For example, you may feel racing heartbeats, flip-flopping, pounding, or a skipping of heartbeats. You may feel the flutter in your throat and neck in addition to your chest.

Remember, heart flutters can happen when you’re active or even when you’re at rest. They usually don’t last long. They may last just a few seconds or minutes, or a bit longer sometimes.


What causes common heart flutters or palpitations?

Most often, heart flutters are only from anxiety or stress. You may be able to control them with some calming relaxation exercises.

If you find yourself having heart flutters often enough to worry you, try seeing when it happens.

 

What causes common heart flutters or palpitations?

 

Does it happen just after you’ve consumed some coffee or alcohol? Or some medicines? Does it happen when you’re driving a car? Does it happen when you are running behind time on certain deadlines?

If you can spot a pattern, you will be able to realize that some types of stress, certain foods, or medications could be likely causes for the repetitive issue.

You can try to address your palpitations by avoiding those triggers if they are unrelated to any medications. If they are related to the intake of certain medicines, you must discuss this with your doctor.

Hydration and fluctuating blood sugar levels in your body can also increase your experience of palpitations. Drink plenty of fluids at regular intervals during the day, and see that you don’t binge on carbohydrates or sugary foods in sudden doses after staying off them for long periods.

If you’re a woman, hormonal changes associated with menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause may also be the causes for heart flutters. Do let your doctor know, so you can get relief.

 

Can heart palpitations be dangerous? When should you call your doctor?

The time to get serious is when you also have shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain, or a fainting episode along with the fluttering heart. See if there is any pain or pressure – or a feeling of tightness in your chest, neck, jaw, arms, or upper back. Occasionally, you may have excessive sweating.

If you have these symptoms, then call the doctor right away and explain the condition you’re in – and the hospital will then advise you on what to do. If they believe you need to go in immediately, they will tell you so.


What happens at the doctor’s office when you have palpitations?

Your doctor will usually follow an action protocol:

1. Your doctor will first note down your medical history, especially the specifics of how often, when, and under what circumstances your palpitations seem to occur.

2. Depending on what has been noted, your doctor may ask for some blood tests, or an ECG (which records your heart’s electrical signals while at rest and while exercising).

 

 

 

What happens at the doctor's office when you have palpitations?

 

 

3. Your doctor may further suggest “Holter Monitoring“. You’ll need to wear a chest monitor throughout the next one or two days, which will continuously record your heart’s electrical signals and help identify any heart rhythm differences.

4. Your doctor may want you to do “Cardiac Event Recording“. You’ll be made to wear a device on your chest and use a handheld gadget, which you have to activate whenever you get a palpitation. This helps identify when palpitation symptoms occur.

5. Your doctor may also ask for a Chest X-ray, to diagnose if your heart flutters are caused by any problems with your lungs.

6. Your doctor may further check your Echo Cardiogram (an ultrasound study of your heart). It can provide detailed information about your heart’s structure and functioning.

If, after all due testing, your doctor diagnoses the underlying cause as “atrial fibrillation” or “arrhythmia” (both just mean irregular heart rhythm), there are some great medications around now that will help your doctor treat you efficiently.

 

3 steps to cut down those stress-related heart flutters

If your doctor has given you the medical all-clear on your heart flutters, and you know it’s just from excessive stress, there are 3 great things you can do 


1. Start regular practice of any relaxation technique that works for you

You can do yoga, meditation, or any deep breathing techniques. You can try acupressure to relax the stress points in your body. You can get yourself some guided meditation tapes and listen to their soothing sounds, with eyes closed, for twenty minutes a day.

 

Start regular practice of any relaxation technique that works for you

 

You can commune with Nature for at least half an hour a day. Take a walk in the park or on a quiet street in the early hours of the morning. Or, you can try aromatherapy – if that’s your fragrance-filled relaxation trigger.

Reading a book (a physical one, not a digital one) is believed to soothe the mind. If you like, listen to lilting instrumental music that is slow and melodious rather than one with fast, frenetic beats. Or write, sketch, paint, or lose yourself in a favorite hobby.

2.  Cut out food addictions – or other addictions – that aren’t good for you

There’s so much literature around, from the best of experts, telling us what to eat and what not to eat for great health. There’s also a lot of information available on how to de-addict from smoking, caffeine, alcohol, or drugs that can cause unhealthy highs and lows in our body rhythms.

 

Cut out food addictions - or other addictions - that aren't good for you

 

We all owe it to ourselves to use all this advice to change our lifestyles – and use food for health and not as an escape from stressful situations. Well-chosen healthful foods, eaten at regular mealtimes, can keep the body’s systems in sync and in peace. It’s the sudden uppers and downers we tend to consume that create even more stress when we think we’re taking them for stress relief.

3.  Often, comfort and gratitude are the best medicine

Instead of worrying about heart flutters – or even waiting with clenched teeth to see if they appear again – it’s far more comforting to make that one trip to the doctor. Confirming that nothing is seriously wrong with you is sometimes all you may need.

 

Often, comfort and gratitude are the best medicine

 

You may also like to think, with gratitude, of all the times when some heart flutters you experienced felt very good.

When you suddenly heard great news or chanced across someone you were close to long ago … when you got that first job or promotion, or read a birthday note from someone you thought had forgotten you … when you won a lucky draw or had an “Aha!” moment about something that was puzzling you … your heart may have fluttered a bit, or skipped a beat!

 

Heart flutters needn’t be scary. See a doctor. De-stress your life. Fill your heart with loving care.

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Cardiac Rehab Exercises: How To Do Them (Safely) At Home

Cardiac Rehab Exercises How To Do Them Safely At Home

Cardiac rehab exercises – to do at home – often give people a lot of trepidation. It’s natural.

When you’re done with cardiac surgery and rehab at the hospital, and it becomes time to continue your cardiac rehabilitation at home, many worries may beset you.

Moreover, if you are a patient with other ailments like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, or cholesterol – or you have a family history of heart disease – the chances of future heart attacks get multiplicative.

This article should help palliate your worries with good knowledge – and get you started with the right home-based cardiac rehab exercises. But always consult your doctor before beginning.

What is cardiac rehabilitation?

Cardiac rehabilitation, also called cardiac rehab, is a regimen of heart care designed to help you improve your health if you’re recovering from a heart attack or heart surgery.

Your doctor will usually recommend a combination of exercises, emotional support, diet, and education about lifestyle changes, to reduce your risk of future heart problems and improve your overall health and life quality.

While the exercises to do at home are one part of cardiac rehab, they must be accompanied by other measures too – like quitting smoking, eating a heart-healthy diet, and maintaining a healthy body weight.

What are the 3 phases of cardiac rehab?

Cardiac rehab usually covers these 3 phases:

  • Phase 1 starts when a recovering heart patient is still in the hospital. Rehabilitation exercises and regimens are prescribed and supervised by experts at the hospital.
  • In Phase 2, when the recovering heart patient is discharged from the hospital, cardiac rehab usually involves outpatient care.
  • In Phase 3, recovering patients are deemed well enough to continue the cardiac rehab exercises and regimens on their own at home.

What are the risks of cardiac rehab at home?

There are the normal risks of overdoing exercises to the detriment of your heart.

But, if you are not habituated to exercise, and are only starting it all after you’ve suffered some heart problems, you have the extra risk of inadvertent injury with sprains and strains.

Before you leave the hospital, get an expert to teach you techniques to avoid injuries when you exercise on your own.

4 ways cardiac rehab at home can improve your life

There are four huge benefits to cardiac rehab at home:

1. Physically, your body will grow stronger

Most cardiac rehab home-based programs include light aerobic activity. Good breathing during exercise will strengthen the body, along with toning the muscles and improving blood circulation.

2. Mentally, your self-confidence will grow

Heart attacks or heart surgeries often don’t just affect the heart. They also wear down your self-confidence. Cardiac rehab can help you recover your sense of well-being. When you are able to sustain a healthy exercising habit, it restores your confidence in yourself day by day.

3. Nutritionally, you begin to eat what’s good

During cardiac rehab at home, it’s important to not do just the exercises but to also follow a heart-healthy diet as your doctor has prescribed. Eating well also adds to your sense of being self-caring.

4. Support-wise, you can build your own network

If you’ve come into contact with other cardiac patients like yourself in the hospital, you could all become an online support group for one another after you begin home-based cardiac rehab. You can be cheerleaders interested in mutual encouragement.

How do you prepare for home-based cardiac rehab?

If you’ve been given a specific home-based cardiac rehab program to follow by your doctor, be sure to follow that program diligently for as long as the doctor says you must.

After you’ve completed the set program given to you, you can begin to follow some of the top follow-up programs like the American Heart Association and the British Heart Foundation have put together for recovered heart patients to follow.

These could become your ongoing programs to keep your health and avoid the risks of heart setbacks again.

Read on for more about these two programs 


The American Heart Association (AHA) Cardiac Rehab Program

What does the AHA cardiac rehab at-home program contain?

For Strength and Balance:  There are 9 simple exercises in this series including Arm Raises, Triceps Extension, Walking Heel-To-Toe, Leg Extensions, Side Leg Raises, Plantar Flexing, Hamstring Curls, Standing on One Foot, and Bicep Curls.

To see how exactly to do these exercises, look up the AHA’s Strength and Balance Exercises Page. From the representative images below (from their site), you’ll notice most of these are easy to perform.

Strength & Balance Exercises

 

For Stretching and Flexibility: There are 7 simple exercises in this series including Torso Stretch, Torso Twist, Neck Stretch, Seated March, Quadriceps Stretch, Hamstring Stretch, and Calf Stretch.

To see how exactly to do these exercises, look up the AHA’s Stretching and Flexibility Exercises Page. Again, the representative images below (from their site) show you these exercises too are easy to do.

 

Stretching Flexibility Excercise

 

A special tip to help you do these AHA exercises better

Since these programs are available as text on a web page, you may like to read out the instructions and record yourself doing so. You will then find it easy to follow instructions by listening to your recording as you work out.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cardiac Rehab Programme

What does the BHF cardiac rehab at-home programme contain?

The BHF at-home cardiac rehab programme begins with an absolutely-must-see introductory video that explains the contents of the programme. It is available on their dedicated webpage as well as on YouTube 
 and embedded here for your benefit:

(Video courtesy: British Heart Foundation)

The BHF Programme has 6 levels of exercise, ranging from a seated programme up to a level 5 programme, with gradually increasing intensity of the exercise. All of these are available in the form of videos.

Some special advice from BHF

To ensure you are exercising at a level that is comfortable and safe for you, the BHF has a Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale in their free downloadable ebook titled “My Personal Trainer: Your step-by step-guide”. You can also sign up for their 8-week email support programme that contains loads of tips and emotional support.

Common FAQs cardiac rehab patients ask – and their quick answers

1. How do I start cardiac rehab at home after a stent?

In addition to at-home cardiac rehab exercises after a stent, most cardiac specialists say walking increases your fitness levels, helps control blood pressure, weight, and cholesterol, and keeps you relaxed.

2. How do I start cardiac rehab at home after bypass surgery?

Since you’ve been through surgery, you’ll be taking pain medications. It’s never a good idea to exercise against the pain or to have to increase pain medications just because the exercise makes things more painful. Start very gradually.

3. Why is physiotherapy so important to cardiac rehab?

During cardiac rehab exercises beware of exacerbating any non-cardiac conditions such as arthritis, back pain, joint replacements, or respiratory problems. At the first signs of discomfort consult your doctor, and ask if you need the advice or help of a physiotherapist.

In summary


Knowing what cardiac rehab exercises entail, and knowing how to do them safely, are the keys to doing them without fear and to great benefit.

Monitoring your progress at home and through regular doctor visits is imperative to keep away future risk. Networking with other home-based cardiac rehab patients keeps you motivated. Helping others helps increase your own enthusiasm.

Treat your heart responsibly. Happy recovery!

 

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