At its simplest, the goal of medical science is to understand the complex workings of the human body and keep everything running smoothly. The same is true for cardiac rehab. Like the body itself, cardiac rehab is intricate, and it has many overlapping parts and moving pieces--but it is a crucial step in the healing journey after heart surgery.
At its simplest, the goal of medical science is to understand the complex workings of the human body and keep everything running smoothly. The same is true for cardiac rehab. Like the body itself, cardiac rehab is intricate, and it has many overlapping parts and moving pieces--but it is a crucial step in the healing journey after heart surgery.
Cardiac rehab is based on the idea that there are a few big keystones necessary for good health: physical fitness, emotional support, healthy lifestyle, and education. Through personalized programs for each patient, cardiac rehab strengthens and encourages these keystones in order to keep any individual happy, healthy, and comfortable. Different treatment plans begin at different times--some take place while a patient is still in the hospital. Cardiac rehab involves prescribed amounts and types of exercise, all overseen by professionals, and always targets each patient's individual needs and goals.
As a professional, you probably already know just how important sternum support can be when it comes to cardiac rehab. Healing after heart surgery has a lot of moving parts, and the one thing that can help keep all those parts moving smoothly and soundly is reliable sternum support. A group of professionals decided to explore this relationship by putting sternum support under the microscope.
As a professional, you probably already know just how important sternum support can be when it comes to cardiac rehab. Healing after heart surgery has a lot of moving parts, and the one thing that can help keep all those parts moving smoothly and soundly is reliable sternum support. A group of professionals decided to explore this relationship by putting sternum support under the microscope.
There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to cardiac rehab after surgery. Exercise, education, and counseling are all important aspects--but the most important thing is for patients to actually do cardiac rehab. Unfortunately, there are some myths circling out there that might make your patients hesitate, and that hesitation can impact their health. Here's what you need to know to debunk those myths and help ease your patients' minds.
There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to cardiac rehab after surgery. Exercise, education, and counseling are all important aspects--but the most important thing is for patients to actually do cardiac rehab. Unfortunately, there are some myths circling out there that might make your patients hesitate, and that hesitation can impact their health. Here's what you need to know to debunk those myths and help ease your patients' minds.
Open heart surgery is increasingly common, and although the procedure is used to solve many problems, it causes one big issue for all patients: pain. Luckily, with respiratory splinting, that big issue is getting demoted.
Not long ago, the very idea of open heart surgery seemed like a futuristic dream--something that our ancestors would never have been able to create, perform, or survive. These days, open heart surgery is increasingly common, and although the procedure is used to solve many problems, it causes one big issue for all patients: pain. Luckily, with respiratory splinting, that "big issue" is getting demoted.
At the end of the day, what's most important to you as a medical professional is knowing how advances can help your patients get healthy quicker and more comfortably. That's just what one study set out to prove--and the results about postoperative bras could revolutionize healing for cardiac patients.
It is said that pain after a thoracotomy is among the most severe post-surgery pains--and it's likely that your patients would agree. You know just how much of an obstacle to healing pain can be, bringing obstacles and possible complications, but luckily, there are answers. With respiratory splinting, managing post-thoracotomy pain is easier than ever.
