The Cardiovascular Wellness Program consists of three phases.
Phase I: Comprehensive Education for Hospitalized Cardiac Patients
Phase II: Outpatient Education and Exercise Program - After Hospitalization for Cardiac Patients
Phase III: The Wellness Center: Open to the public for anyone interested in building or maintaining cardiovascular conditioning, strength training, flexibility and managing their risk factors.
Phase I: Comprehensive Cardiac EducationHospitalized patients participate in a comprehensive educational program intended to provide information on the following:
- Normal anatomy and physiology of the heart
- Coronary artery disease
- Valvular disease
- Managing cardiovascular risk factors
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Weight loss
- Diabetes
- Cholesterol
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Stress Management
- Nutrition
- Medication
- Activity
Phase II: Cardiac RehabilitationAfter hospitalization, it may be appropriate for you to participate in our Phase II outpatient education and exercise program or in a cardiac rehabilitation program in your community. The Cardiac Rehabilitation program is designed to help strengthen your heart after you have had heart surgery, a heart attack, and/or a coronary intervention. This program will enable the patient to return to the daily activities they enjoy.
With a physician’s referral, participants attend exercise and educational classes. Supervised exercise sessions are held for one hour, three times a week. These classes are led by an exercise specialist and monitored by a cardiac rehabilitation nurse specialist. All participants receive individual nutritional counseling. Group education classes include information on:
- Nutrition
- Shopping tips
- Cholesterol, fat and fiber
- Dining out
- Benefits of exercise
- Stress management
- Managing cardiovascular risk factors
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- Weight loss
- Diabetes
- Cholesterol
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Stress management