Cardiac rehabilitation makes a difference – a big difference – in the quality
of life that patients can achieve when recovering from heart attack, heart
surgery, angioplasty and/or angina. Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised
program to help heart
patients recover quickly
and improve their overall
physical, mental and social
functioning. The goal is
to stabilize, slow or even
reverse the progression
of cardiovascular disease,
thereby reducing the risk
of heart disease, another
cardiac event or death.
Milford Regional Medical Center houses the first cardiac rehabilitation program to be certified in the state of Massachusetts. For more than two decades, the Milford Regional Cardiac Rehab staff has helped members of our community take control of their cardiovascular health.
Nothing less than
a change of heart...
It takes more than surgery to achieve real heart health; it involves a change of heart about the lifestyle you have chosen. Through Milford Regional’s cardiac rehabilitation program, which emphasizes exercise, education, counseling and behavioral modification, patients are given the tools they need to make this change a permanent one.
The cardiac rehabilitation team – including the program director, cardiologists, nurses, physical therapists, nutritionists and a social worker - guides each patient in an effort to build not only immediate heart health, but a lifetime commitment to the process. This commitment is also supported through strong peer-to-peer relationships that develop during the program. Their encouragement of each other is so valuable that a monthly “coffee hour” was created for socialization that extends throughout the day to accommodate all the cardiac rehab patients. Upon completion of the program, many of these patients turn a temporary health regimen into a way of life by choosing to continue their exercise program through the cardiac rehab’s maintenance program for a small monthly fee.
There is no doubt about it.
Cardiac rehabilitation is proven to make a significant difference in the lives of heart patients. In 2004, the American Journal of Medicine reported that patients in cardiac rehab programs experienced more significant reductions in their blood pressure and total cholesterol and lived longer than those who didn’t receive rehabilitation. There’s a reason it is called secondary prevention; it can reduce the risk of death from a second heart attack by as much as 30 percent.
Contact Cardiac Rehabilitation: 508-422-2464