What are the different phases of Cardiac Rehabilitation?

 

Cardiac rehabilitation, commonly known as cardiac rehab, is a specialised outpatient exercise and education programme. The programme is intended to assist you in improving your health and recovering after a heart attack, various types of heart disease, or heart surgery. Exercise training, emotional support, and teaching about lifestyle changes to minimise your risk of heart disease, such as eating a heart-healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and quitting smoking, are all common components of cardiac rehabilitation.

Establishing a strategy to help you rebuild strength, keep your condition from worsening, lower your risk of future heart problems, and enhance your health and quality of life are all goals of cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation programmes have been shown in studies to minimise the chance of mortality from heart disease as well as the risk of future heart problems. Cardiac rehabilitation is a treatment option for persons suffering from various types of heart disease. If you have a medical history that includes the following, cardiac rehabilitation may be beneficial to you.

·         Heart attack

·         Coronary artery disease

·         Heart failure

·         Peripheral artery disease

·         Chest pain (angina)

Different phases of Cardiac Rehabilitation:

The Acute Phase of Cardiac Rehabilitation: After your cardiac episode, you should begin phase one of your recovery as soon as feasible. Once you leave the ICU, he or she will work with you in a stepdown unit. One of our physical therapists will conduct an initial assessment of your condition. This person will question you extensively about the events leading up to your heart attack and how you are currently feeling.

Your Outpatient Rehabilitation Program: It usually entails three to six weeks of outpatient rehabilitation, during which a member of your care team continues to assess how your body responds to activity. You'll learn how to exercise appropriately and how to keep track of your own heart rate while doing so. Phase II's purpose is to help you progress to more intense and autonomous physical activity. Outpatient rehabilitation gets substantially more demanding as you progress to Phase III. Our physical therapist will expect you to keep track of your own workout responses, such as heart rate and perceived exertion. As you work toward this objective, he or she will work with you to develop your tolerance for exercise and troubleshoot any issues that emerge. During Phase III of outpatient rehabilitation, you should expect another physical therapy evaluation. Many of the measurements taken by your physical therapist while you were still in the hospital will be included in this report.

Independent Ongoing Maintenance: Within a few months of your cardiac episode, if you followed your care team's advice and worked hard in the first three phases, you should be ready to operate independently. A physical therapist is always ready to help you overcome problems and invent new ways to challenge yourself with physical activity, even if you exercise and evaluate your own risk factors at home. We realise how frightening and life-changing a heart attack, open heart surgery, or another heart-related health issue can be.