Exercise to treat the heart
Classes of physiotherapy exercises increase the quality and intensity of all physiological processes of the body. This tonic effect of exercise improves vital activity and helps develop motor activity. Physical exercises improve the work of the heart, namely: trophic processes in the myocardium, increase blood circulation and activate metabolism. As a result, we get strengthened cardiac muscles, an increased ability to contract. Improved metabolism causes processes that reverse atherosclerosis. During exercise, not only cardiac muscles are trained, but also non-cardiac muscles.
Exercises for heart treatment
Exercises to treat the heart of small muscle groups cause an expansion of the arteries, and this reduces the peripheral resistance of the arterial blood flow. In addition, the work of the heart is facilitated by the increased movement of blood through the veins during the performance of breathing exercises. Their action can be explained by a change in intrathoracic pressure. The exhalation facilitates the movement of venous blood from the lower limbs upwards, as then the abdominal pressure decreases. Inhalation increases the activity of the chest, increases the pressure in the abdominal cavity and increases blood flow. Normalize the functions can be through gradual and careful training, with the help of which it will be possible to restore the health of the body and the work of the cardiovascular, respiratory and other body systems. In addition, physical exercises that correspond to the capabilities of the cardiovascular system also contribute to the restoration of motor-visceral reflexes. Reaction to muscular work then becomes adequate.
Methods and exercises for the treatment of the heart
The method of curative physical education depends on the disease, its flow characteristics and the degree of circulatory failure.
During the choice of exercises, the initial positions, the values of the required level of loads, it is necessary to take into account the regime assigned to the patient. During severe manifestations of the disease, therapeutic physical culture helps to compensate for the weakened function of the heart, and also improves peripheral circulation. To achieve these goals, exercises are used for the distal segments of the limbs, exercises to relax the muscles and a variety of breathing exercises. For most patients, performing these exercises helps to slow the pulse and lower blood pressure.
The therapeutic physical culture helps to increase the functional characteristics of the cardiovascular system, compensates for chronic diseases. To do this, do exercises aimed at medium and large muscle groups and do not forget to constantly increase the dosage. These exercises increase the pulse and increase blood flow.
If the patient is characterized by insufficient circulation of the third degree, then physical exercises are used to improve the performance of small and medium muscle groups. Exercises for large joints are performed with incomplete amplitude, shortened time and reduced strength. For the trunk exercises are used only in the form of turns, only on the right side and sometimes an exercise with a low pelvic suspension is added. The pace of execution is slow, repeat 3-6 times. Static breathing exercises should be performed without special breathing deepening. Most of the result is achieved if the occupation is combined with an easy massage of the legs.
There is a list of exercises that should be performed every day to improve the functioning of the heart and stop its frustration.
Morning gymnastics
You should always remember about morning exercises. It helps to quickly bring the body into a state of readiness, also helps maintain a high level of working capacity throughout the working day, helps improve the coordination of the neuromuscular apparatus, improving the performance of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
Complex of exercises
A) Position - lying on the back:
- Hand arcs. Raising his hands up, a deep breath is drawn. Then the hands should be lowered through the sides and slowly lie down along the trunk. Slow, measured exhalation.
- Feet bent at the knees. At the exhalation of the feet rise, and the breath - drop.
- Remove and bring up the raised leg. Breathing is arbitrary.
- "Bicycle" - an imitation of cycling with your feet. Breathing is arbitrary.
B) Position - standing:
- The woven hands are placed palms up. One leg is laid back on the toe. Bending back, take a breath, returning to the starting position, do exhalation.
- The woven hands are placed palms up. Legs shoulder width apart. Torso tilted alternately in both directions.
- The arms bent forward in front of the chest are retracted springy.
- Hands are on the belt, making slow circular motions with the trunk.
Therapeutic exercises have very useful results for congenital heart disease. Traditional medicine does not successfully heal neither acquired nor congenital heart defects.
Before starting to practice gymnastics for people with heart disease, you need to determine the volume and the limiting nature of the maximum loads, as well as find out what forms of the training regime is, and which one is right for you.
In addition, physical exercises for the treatment of the heart are also useful during the postoperative period. First they are lying down, a little later - sitting. In time, walking can be added to these two species. If the initial motor activity was expanded( typical for athletes), then from its very beginning therapeutic exercises should include breathing, developing and many other exercises.
For people suffering from localized coronary stenosis, therapeutic exercises should be performed in a gentle mode, only in a prone position. The average duration of all exercises from 20 to 35 minutes, the total number of exercises should not exceed 20.
If there are problems with the heart of the patient, the lesson should be terminated, and the following physical load is reduced.
The main condition for obtaining the effect of therapeutic gymnastics, is a stable increase in the load.
