In general, any person that has suffered a heart attack, can and should do physical exercise. To undertake any type of cardiac rehabilitation a specialist needs to determine, through some tests, which is the ideal physical activity for you. Your doctor Will analyze and consider the seriousness of your heart attack to determine the force at which your heart is pumping and therefore plan an individual rehabilitation strategy.
Maintaining movement after a heart attack is very important, whereas health will improve and many future cardiac problems can be avoided.
Several researchers have published the favorable effects of physical training used in a rehabilitation program to treat patients with disease of coronary arteries and other cardiovascular ailments.
Some of the most important benefits of physical exercise are:
- Physical activity helps control weight.
- Reduction of blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
- Improves Blood Flow.
- Physical activity improves lung capacity.
- Helps control diabetes
- Controls cardiac frequency.
- Helps control anxiety and depression.
To help establish a complete exercise program that optimizes your heart’s health, it is important to focus on three areas of physical activity: cardio, strength, and flexibility.
Cardiovascular exercises and strengthening activities can impact your heart’s health directly. On the other hand, flexibility exercises have a more indirect impact, helping to carry out cardiovascular exercises with a minimum risk of injury. Another benefit provided by flexibility exercises is the lessening of stress, an important factor that, long term, directly affects the heart’s health.
Precautionary measures
- You should never begin physical activity without first having consulted with a doctor about which exercises to do and the intensity of the same.
- Do not start any sport without previous physical training.
- Activity should be done progressively. Avoid exerting yourself. There will be no benefit and can lead to danger.
- Exercise is useless if you do not adhere to a healthy diet with proper medication that leads to weight control.
- After the first month, the doctor might authorize running, swimming, and stationary bikes with cardiac frequency control.
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