Cardiac Rehab

Shannon Cardiac Rehab helps heart patients improve their physical condition, make healthy lifestyle changes, and learn more about cardiovascular disease.Cardiac rehab is basically a program designed to help patients recover from an event. It is a two pronged approach we use education and we use exercise. After a cardiac event, such as a heart attack, consult your physician about beginning a cardiac rehabilitation program.  Any patient that has had a cardiac event is eligible, anything from heart attack to bypass surgery, to having a stint put in anything like that. You have to have a physicians referral doesn’t have to be from your cardiologist can be form your PCP or any physician.  The cardiac rehab team is a group of professionals including physicians, registered nurses, fitness specialists, registered dietitians and pharmacists.With the education we teach the patients to get them healthy again and get them to a spot where they can recover from their cardiac disease. For more information on Cardiac Rehab, please call 657-5722.