Cardiac Conditions
Create Balance From The Inside Out
At Mend our team of Exercise Physiologists will work collaboratively work with your GP and Cardiac Specialist to facilitate the most appropriate course of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation. Our services can assist you whether it’s for pre-operative cardiac surgery or post-operative to get you back living a healthier, happier lifestyle. Be it with an individual program or in our Specialised Health class, Mend Heart, we will help you take the first steps.
Benefits of exercise.
Exercise can not only prevent development of cardiovascular disease, it can also help treat and alleviate symptoms of a number of cardiovascular conditions. Regular low to moderate-intensity exercise for people with CHD prevents the blood vessels narrowing further, prevents blood clotting, increases delivery of blood to the heart and helps maintain a normal heart rhythm.
These changes reduce the load on the heart at rest and during exercise, which helps to lesson some of the symptoms of CHD. Regular exercise helps to reduce the LDL (bad cholesterol) and increase the HDL (good cholesterol) further reducing your risk of adverse events.
Exercise programs should be delivered by Accredited Exercise Physiologists as they have the knowledge and understanding of the effect exercise has on the physiology of your heart. They will help to put together a long term plan with you to see successful changes in your heart health.