Cardiac Rehabilitation Services | The Medical City

Cardiac Rehabilitation
2nd Flr., Podium Building, The Medical City, Ortigas Ave. Pasig City
Operating Hours: Mon – Sat / 8 AM – 5 PM; Sunday and Holidays / 8 AM – 5 PM (but no special procedure)
8-988-1000/8-988-7000 ext. 6461

PATIENT SERVICES

Personalized Cardiac Rehabilitation Care

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CARDIAC REHABILITATION AND SECONDARY PREVENTION PROGRAM (CARES)

Cardiac rehabilitation at The Medical City is a customized program of exercise and education. Your doctors may recommend joining a cardiac rehabilitation program to help you return to a better health condition when you’ve had a heart attack or if you have other heart conditions. The goals of cardiac rehabilitation are to help you regain strength, to prevent your condition from getting worse and to reduce your risk of future heart problems. These can add up to a better quality of life.

TMC's Cardiac Rehabilitation

TMC's Cardiac Rehabilitation Program consists of six essential components:

1. Medical Evaluation (risk factor identification) - A comprehensive medical history and physical examination are conducted to assess your current cardiac status, identify any risk factors for future heart problems, and provide individualized lifestyle advice.

2. Nutritional Counselling – Our dietitians will provide tailored advice to help you identify and modify your dietary habits to reduce your risk of future heart problems.

3. Risk Factors Assessment – Our team will evaluate your risk factors and offer personalized guidance to help you mitigate them. These risk factors include cholesterol, hypertension, smoking, weight management, diabetes, and psychological well-being.

4. Physical Activity Counseling – Our clinicians will help you set realistic goals and provide guidance on how to safely progress your physical activity, such as aerobic exercise or walking.

5. Exercise Training/Testing - Our clinicians will provide you with an exercise program that is tailored to your current fitness level and health status. They may also assess your functional capacity with a cardiopulmonary exercise test.

6. Psychosocial Evaluation/Support – Our team will provide individualized guidance and support to help you cope with the psychosocial aspects of living with heart disease.


Who can benefit from Cardiac Rehabilitation? 

With our improved programs and close medical monitoring, our cardiac rehabilitation is an option for people of all ages, both sexes and with any form of heart disease like: 

  • Heart Attack 

  • Coronary Artery Disease 

  • Heart Failure 

  • Angina 

  • Cardiomyopathy 

  • Certain Congenital Heart Disease 

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 

  • Valve Replacements 

  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/Angioplasty 


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We offer the following for cardiac patients: 

PHASE I: (In-hospital Phase)

During Phase 1, the primary focus is to prevent the detrimental consequences of prolonged bed rest. Physical therapy activities commence within the patient's room, encouraging early engagement in sitting, standing, and walking. Additionally, this phase encompasses initial health education and psychosocial evaluation. 


PHASE II: (Out-Patient Phase)

Phase 2 begins 1-2 weeks after discharge. Cardiac rehabilitation sessions, which can be conducted in-person or virtually through tele-rehabilitation, are scheduled three times a week. This approach ensures flexibility and accessibility while maintaining the desired frequency of sessions.

EXERCISE SERVICES

Our exercise services place a strong emphasis on risk stratification.

  • Calisthenics

  • Aerobics

  • Flexibility

  • Telemetry-monitored exercise training

  • Prescription or instruction for independent maintenance of exercises (e.g. home exercises)

  • Professionally supervised exercise training

  • Resistance / Strength training

  • Submaximal fitness testing

  • Stress testing

  • Stress management

EDUCATION, COUNSELING AND BEHAVIORAL SERVICES: 

We offer comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation services, focusing on education, counseling, and behavioral support.

1. Orientation to cardiac rehabilitation - This service focuses on the patient’s understanding of their diagnosis and how to manage it.

2. Risk factors for heart disease and lifestyle modification - Our team will evaluate your risk factors and offer personalized guidance to help you mitigate them. These risk factors include cholesterol, hypertension, smoking, weight management, diabetes, and psychological well-being.

3. Anatomy of the Heart - Patients will be educated on the structure and function of the heart as well as its role in health.

4. Psychological Referral - If patients require more specialized psychological interventions, our team will provide referrals to appropriate professionals.

5. Understanding your medications - Our team will provide education on the various types of medication prescribed to treat heart disease, their function, and side effects.

6. Benefits of exercise and the heart - Patients will be taught the benefits of regular exercise, such as improved cardiac function and disease management.

7. Dietary education - Our dietitians will provide tailored advice to help you identify and modify your dietary habits to reduce your risk of future heart problems.

8. Diabetes, Hypertension, and Smoking Cessation - Our team will guide you on how to reduce the risk of these conditions and educate you on ways to manage them.


PHASE III: (Out-Patient Maintenance)

Phase 3 focuses on the long-term health of the patient and includes follow-up visits with a cardiologist, exercise sessions, psychosocial support, and risk factor management. Our team will work to ensure that patients have all the tools they need to maintain their cardiac health after completing the cardiac rehabilitation program.

  • Continuation phase lasting three months: This phase of the cardiac rehabilitation program will ensure that you have all the tools and resources needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle with your current health status.
  • Group exercises 3 times a week: Our group exercise sessions are designed to be fun and engaging. We provide a comprehensive range of activities to meet the needs of our diverse patient population. These exercises will help you improve your physical fitness while also providing an opportunity for social engagement with peers.
  • Focus on risk factors and lifestyle modification: The primary focus of our cardiac rehabilitation program is to help you identify and modify risk factors associated with your condition. We will then work with you to develop a personalized plan for managing these risks in order to reduce the likelihood of future heart problems.


The Medical City CARES for Complete Cardiovascular Treatment

The program is managed by a team of cardiologists, physiatrists, psychiatrists, nurses, physical therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, chaplain, and other allied health workers. The Attending Physician remains in charge of the patient's medical and surgical management. A formal referral by the Attending Physician is required for enrollment.

The World Health Organization recommends that Cardiac Rehabilitation services should be made available to all patients with cardiovascular diseases. Cardiac Rehabilitation at The Medical City (TMC) is a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach by which a person with heart disease is restored to and maintained at his optimal physiological, psychological, social, vocational, emotional, and recreational status.

TMC's cardiac rehabilitation is an adjunct to the usual medical care provided by your physician, particularly to those who have suffered from a heart attack and have risk factors like hypertension, heart failure, diabetes, and obesity. It is beneficial especially to patients immediately after operations such as coronary artery bypass graft and/or valvular surgery and in patients after coronary angioplasty and stent implantation.

For Cardiac Rehabilitation program inquiries, you may reach out to (632) 8988-1000 ext. 6461.