Therapeutic exercise in heart diseases

In the prevention and treatment of the cardiovascular system, an important place is given to physical exercises. Physiotherapy exercises in diseases of the cardiovascular system can strengthen the heart muscle, increase its contractility, increase blood circulation, in particular, peripheral. Thanks to good blood flow, the walls of the vessels become more elastic, because good blood flow mechanically massages the walls of blood vessels. The level in the blood decreases, thereby reducing the likelihood of blood clots in the blood vessels. Thus, the development of atherosclerotic changes, which are the main cause of heart disease, is prevented.

How intensively the training will take depends on the condition of the individual patient, so training should be started only after consultation of the attending physician! Consult with the doctor especially should also the elderly and weakened persons, as well as those who underwent myocardial infarction.

When performing a complex of therapeutic exercises, you should adhere to certain rules:

• Even if you feel good, you can not quickly and dramatically increase physical activity.
• Any exercise should start after eating in a half to two hours, not before.
• If during dizziness, palpitations, dyspnea, there are unpleasant sensations in the heart area, then the exercise should be stopped immediately. If necessary( if the pain did not go away after some time), you should take nitroglycerin or validol and consult a doctor!
• While doing the exercises, monitor the pulse condition, this is very important. If at the end of the treatment training the pulse is increased by 20-35 strokes, but does not exceed 120 beats / min, then the exercises have a positive effect on the body. The pulse should return to the original frequency after 5 minutes rest.

Easy exercise complex

Sitting on the chair

The first exercise. Legs together, hands down. Alternately raise first one hand, then the other. Lifting up your hand, take a breath, lower it - exhale. Each hand raise 5-6 r.

The second exercise. We bend our hands in the elbow joints, keep our legs together, and bent arms on the width of the shoulders. With the elbows we make circular motions 5-6 times clockwise, 5-6 r.counterclock-wise.

The third exercise. Feet together, and hands in the sides. Inhale - we bend the left leg in the knee and press it to the stomach and chest, helping with hands. Doing exhalation we lower the leg, and we raise the arms to the sides. Repeat 3-5 r. Do the same with the right foot.

The fourth exercise. Hands on the waist, legs are shoulder-width apart. Taking a breath, we tilt the body to the side. By exhaling, we return to the IP( IP-initial position).Lean 3-5 r. In each direction. Fifth exercise. We hold our feet on the width of our shoulders, we spread our hands to the sides. Inhale - raise your hands up and bend your body forward towards your knees. At the same time keep the head straight. Returning to the PI, we exhale. Repeat 3-4 r.

Standing still

Sixth exercise. Hands down, legs together. We take a stick and keep it on the width of the shoulders. Taking a breath, with your left foot take a step backward, raise the stick up above your head. Exhaling, we return to the IP.Exercise with each foot 3-5 r.

The seventh exercise. We hold our legs on the width of our shoulders and lower our hands. We take a stick and keep it on the width of the shoulders. Taking a breath, we turn the trunk aside, raise the stick upwards. Exhaling - in the IP.In each direction, repeat alternately 3-5 r. Eighth exercise. We put our feet on the width of the shoulders, hands down. On inhalation, the right leg and hand is removed to the side, we detain for 2 seconds and, returning to the FE, we exhale. In each direction we repeat alternately 3-4 r. The Ninth Exercise. Hands down, legs together, breath arbitrary. At the same time, we make wide circular movements with our hands clockwise, then against. In each direction, repeat 3-5 r. The tenth exercise. Hands at the waist, feet set on the width of the shoulders. We make the body circular movements in different directions for 5-10 r.

Eleventh exercise. Hands down, legs together. We perform free walking in place for 30-60 minutes.