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Cardiac rehabilitation
After a major cardiac event your physician may refer you to cardiac rehabilitation. This is a course of physical therapy and education to reverse cardiovascular disease and deconditioning in a safe, monitored, and progressive pattern of arm, leg, and heart exercises. Typical equipment include treadmill, bicycle and arm bicycle. You learn a new lifestyle in the group environment.
Dr. Carol Van der Harst reviewed this
37 year experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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