Cardiovascular rehabilitation

Definition

Cardiac rehabilitation it's addressed to patients with several cardiac pathologies:

Myocardial infarction(heart attack)

Heart failure

High blood pressure

Myocardial bridging

Angioplasty

The cardiovascular rehabilitation is assured by a multidisciplinary team: cardiologists, rehabilitation doctors, diabetologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists etc.

The roles of physiotherapy

The physiotherapist deals mainly with physical exercises, exercise retraining, but not just this. Often it's about cardiovascular work(exercises) on a medical bike and muscle building training. A retraining exercise meeting like this would usually last 1 hour, but it depends on the patients and their abikities, and also on their progress level while on the rehabilitation program.

Physiotherapy treatment

• 30 minutes on the bike(5 minutes warming up, 20 minutes medium intensity pedaling for a shortness of breath of approximately 4/10 , then 5 minutes active recovery)
• 20 to 30 minutes analytical and functional strengthening exercises(knee raises, repetition with dumbbells fof arms, stretching exercises etc.)