Cardiac Rehabilitation
If you've been diagnosed with a heart-related condition, your doctor may decide to prescribe cardiac therapy to help strengthen your heart, reduce risk factors, inform you about healthy nutrition and safety precautions as you return home, and help you resume a normal or semi-normal lifestyle. The rehabilitation staff is dedicated to helping you recover faster and more completely — we just need your cooperation. Let us help you get educated on your heart health, learn how to be more active and get on with your life as a stronger and healthier you.
An important part of Lake Granbury Medical Center's heart, or cardiac, care is helping patients return to the activities they enjoy through cardiovascular rehabilitation services. A multidisciplinary team of physical therapists and nutrition and exercise specialists work together to provide a customized cardiac rehabilitation approach that meets each patient's needs.
Diagnoses that are appropriate for cardiac rehabilitation include:
- Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Angioplasty
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Coronary stenting
- Heart failure
- Heart transplant
- Heart valve repair/replacement surgery
- Stable angina
Our cardiac rehabilitation program combines education, support and exercise therapy. It may be used following cardiac events such as a heart attack or after heart surgery. Patients will learn how to incorporate heart-healthy habits such as a proper diet, exercise and stress management techniques as they recover that can lead to a better quality of life. We offer:
- Focus on recovery – Cardiac rehab begins in the hospital, following a heart attack, heart failure or other acute illness. Before leaving the hospital, patients learn about their disease and risk factors that contribute to heart disease. They know what to expect during and after recovery, and receive home-exercise recommendations.
- Exercise counseling and support – Patients begin a medically supervised, monitored exercise program as a part of cardiac rehab that includes individual support from exercise professionals. Once monitoring is no longer necessary, patients continue with a customized exercise-based program and learn how to incorporate activity into their lifestyle.
- Heart-healthy lifestyle changes – Throughout the cardiac rehabilitation program, patients learn about good nutrition, stress management techniques and how to incorporate these behaviors into their lifestyle. During the maintenance phase of rehabilitation, continuing education will help reinforce healthy habits long term. This can benefit the patient not only with improving heart health, but also managing blood pressure and other heart related health conditions.
- Individual support – Health educators, exercise professionals, dietitians and other rehabilitation specialists provide support and education throughout the cardiac rehabilitation process. You can depend on a dedicated group of individuals who are focused on recovery.
For more information, please contact:
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
1322 Paluxy Road
Suite 1
Granbury, TX 76048
(817) 408-3023