Cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation aims to help you recover from a cardiovascular event — such as a heart attack or heart failure — or other debilitating heart condition. This recovery process usually involves physical therapy, exercise and education to rebuild and maintain your heart strength.
Heart recovery therapy in Brevard, North Carolina
The path to better heart health begins here.
At Transylvania Regional Hospital, our outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program is customized to your unique health goals. In addition to a medically supervised exercise plan, we offer educational sessions on lowering heart disease risk through lifestyle practices.
Is your heart healthy?
Understanding your heart health is critical to getting the care you need. We offer a health risk assessment to help get you started.
Understanding your heart health is critical to getting the care you need. We offer a health risk assessment to help get you started.
Related specialties
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Heart conditions we treat
Cardiac rehabilitation can help you build a stronger heart, especially if you have experienced any of the following conditions or surgical procedures:
- Balloon angioplasty
- Chronic heart failure
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Coronary stenting
- Heart or heart-lung transplant
- Heart valve surgery
- Stable angina pectoris
- Stable heart failure
Our cardiac rehabilitation offerings
Our medically supervised cardiac therapy program is designed to improve your heart health through exercise, lifestyle changes and stress reduction.
Features of cardiac therapy
Cardiac rehab can give you a new lease on life. Our program provides many different options for improving and maintaining your heart health. Here are some of the features of our program:
- Medically supervised exercise plan
- Educational sessions
- Support from peers in recovery
Cardiac rehabilitation process
There isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to the care we provide. Our specialists tailor your exercise regimen to your current fitness level. They may recommend walking, jogging, strength training or cardiovascular exercise using a bike, rowing machine or treadmill.
The educational sessions are personalized to your unique health goals. They may include guidance about adopting a heart-healthy diet and managing conditions, such as high blood pressure.
Along the way, your cardiologist and other members of your care team will be updated on your progress. Our hope is that cardiac rehabilitation will allow you to gain the confidence you need to return to living a healthy and productive life.