How your physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor in Southfield, MI, can help you recover from a cardiac event
If you have had a cardiac event, it can have a dramatic effect on how you live your life. Your diet and exercise levels will change, and your lifestyle changes with it. Your physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor can help you recover from a cardiac event, with cardiac rehabilitation. Dr. Antoine Geffrard at RMS Consultations in Southfield, MI, provides a wide range of medical services, including cardiac rehabilitation, to help you recover from a cardiac event.
Cardiac rehabilitation offers some important benefits, including:
- Medical supervision, to ensure you are safe and healthy enough to start a cardiac rehabilitation program
- Improving your cardiovascular health, to help prevent another cardiac event
- You go at your own pace, so you feel safe and confident as you begin the rehabilitation process
There are three main components to cardiac rehabilitation, each of equal importance:
Exercise counseling, to start you on a road to better, stronger cardiac and overall health
Education on how to live a heart-healthy lifestyle, including dietary modifications of reducing fat and sugar intake, and increasing nutrient-rich foods into your diet.
Stress reduction counseling, so you can learn to lower and manage your stress through meditation, yoga, deep breathing, and other methods.
At RMS Consultations, your physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor will also advise you to rethink harmful habits which are detrimental to your health. Your doctor can help you quit smoking and other choices which can harm your health.
Cardiac rehabilitation can put you on the road to living a better, stronger, more heart-friendly life. To find out more about recovery after a heart event, talk with an expert. To find out more about cardiac rehabilitation at RMS Consultations and how it can help you recover from a cardiac event, call Dr. Antoine Geffrard of RMS Consultations in Southfield, MI. You can reach him in the office by calling (248) 663-5353, so call now.
