| The Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at Chilton Hospital is dedicated to healing hearts. Whether you’re recovering from heart surgery or a heart attack, living with heart disease or currently at risk, our experienced professionals offer the care and guidance you need to safely improve your physical fitness. We’ll help you build a lifetime commitment to heart health.
What is Cardiac Rehabilitation?
Chilton's Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is for individuals who have recently recovered from angioplasty or heart surgery, as well as those who have experienced angina or a heart attack within the last 12 months. This customized, medically supervised program combines exercise, education, stress management and nutrition counseling to help patients build strength and improve their heart health.
In many cases, cardiac rehabilitation begins with a medically supervised, 12-week outpatient program tailored to your particular condition and goals. But that’s just a start. One of the best ways to keep your heart healthy is to stay fit. That’s why Chilton Hospital also offers a Cardiac Rehabilitation Maintenance Program – so you can continue your workouts at Chilton, if you so choose, without missing a beat.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Maintenance Program
Many individuals who complete the first phase of cardiac rehabilitation, as well as those at risk for heart disease, prefer the security and consistency of a hospital-based fitness environment to the local gym or working out at home.
Chilton’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Maintenance Program offers a safe, effective alternative, allowing you to exercise under the watchful eye of skilled health professionals while offering valuable peace of mind – for you and your loved ones.
Our nationally certified program features:
- One-on-one guidance from registered nurses, exercise physiologists and other heart health specialists
- A personalized exercise plan developed by our staff
- Daily blood pressure monitoring
- Monthly cardiac monitoring
- A full range of cardiovascular exercise equipment
- Easy access to Chilton’s continuum of services, including smoking cessation programs, cholesterol screenings, nutrition counseling and stress management classes
Stay Fit, Stay Healthy
Why pump it up? A cardiovascular fitness program offers a myriad of health benefits, which may include:
- heart strength and conditioning
- reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels
- increased energy
- lower risk of future heart disease
- weight management
- stress management
- improved physical and emotional well-being
Getting Started
Chilton’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Maintenance Program is an ongoing, self-pay program for individuals with a medical history of heart disease and those who need to improve their heart health. Our facility, located on the main hospital campus, is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to Noon. Wondering if our program is right for you? Start by consulting your physician, then learn more by calling Chilton’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Center at (973) 831-5182.
Call 1-888-CHILTON for more information about Chilton's Heart and Vascular Care or referral to a skilled Chilton physician.
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