Last week I began Cardiac Rehab at the Advent Health Wellness Center , why I am in Cardiac rehab on my July 21st I had two stents put into my heart artery to clear a
blockage, there are two blockages in my carotid arteries but before they
can put in stents a neurosurgeon has to sign off on the procedure so
for now I will see how the blood thinners work.
The week before I started the rehab I went for the initial evaluation where height and weight
Blood Pressure and a few simple exercises were used for evaluation so a
plan can be made and the doctor could sign off on it before I got
started. The exercise was simple, do as many dumbbell curls as I could
in 30 seconds-15, get up and sit down in a chair for 30 seconds-11 and
walk 8 feet back to the starting point. All the while wearing a heart
monitor, which I wear during my sessions.
The first day I arrived at Noon and before I knew it I was hooked up to a
little heart monitor that I wore in a pouch around my neck. Blood
pressure was checked and then it was onto this beast of a machine.
Which wasn’t a beast at all, it is a recumbent cross trainer and for
thirty odd minutes I did a mix of legs/arms, just arms and then just
legs. I forgot to bring my little notebook to log what I am doing but I
do remember. I managed 15 minutes arms and legs moving together, than 9
minutes just moving the arms back and forth, and then 11 minutes just
legs, I was just starting to sweat when it was time to stop. I am
sure I am going to feel it later today and tomorrow but that’s fine with
me just moving more in a monitored environment has given me a
confidence boost, I realize last week when I did a 30 minute walk at the
park how nervous I was walking.
On the days I don't have a session at the Wellness Center for rehab I will take a walk in one of the local parks to keep the momentum of
movement so that once I am working out on a regular schedule again I
will have worked through those beginning aches and pains.
I found a new to me magazine Saturday when I was checking out at the local
Earth Fare store. I came home and read it cover to cover. I liked it so
much I subscribed to it.
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