Get back to feeling like yourself: Heart and lung rehabilitation in two convenient locations
Having a significant heart or pulmonary event changes your life. The Heart Wellness Center is where you can recover and reduce your risk of future cardiovascular problems.
You may have been referred to the rehabilitation program by your physician or after a recent cardiac or pulmonary event. Whether your goal is to get back to work, return to your fitness routine, lose weight or keep up with your grandkids, our team of certified cardiac and pulmonary experts can help you achieve your goals.
Located at the Heart Wellness Center at Spartanburg Medical Center and at Cherokee Medical Center, our Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program supports you through a fitness plan, patient education and adopting lifestyle modifications.
At the Spartanburg Medical Center location's fully equipped fitness center, you can access exercise therapy and educational classes under medical supervision by a team of nurses, exercise specialists and respiratory therapists.
Unlike your typical gym, our center is staffed by a clinical medical team of certified rehabilitation professionals including:
- Nurses
- Exercise specialists
- Registered respiratory therapists (RRT)
“I have a good life. I just need to get healthy again.”
- Finley Pollard
Cardiac rehab works!
Whether you join for cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehab or Supervised Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease (SET PAD), our rehab program will help you improve your quality of life and get back to doing what you love.
The full program consists of 36 sessions over 12 weeks. You can expect to benefit from the following:
- A comprehensive program designed specifically for you as you recover from a recent health event or medical condition
- Initial one-on-one exercise evaluation and exercise as prescribed by your doctor
- Group exercise classes designed to fit your schedule and ability
- Exercise monitoring with a wearable heart monitor
- Lifestyle education relevant to your condition and medications to help you make and maintain healthy changes
- A focus on smoking cessation, blood pressure management, diet and depression symptoms
Who can participate?
Rehab fitness sessions and lifestyle education are covered by most insurance plans for cardiac rehab and pulmonary rehab patients, including those who experienced the following:
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery
- Cardiac catheterization
- Heart attack
- Stable angina
- Heart valve repair or replacement
- Coronary angioplasty or stent
- Heart or heart-lung transplant
- Some types of stable chronic heart failure
- Dyspnea
- Post-COVID pulmonary issues
- COPD
- Asthma
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pre- and post-lung transplants
If you're interested in the potential health benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, please come in for a consultation. Our staff can obtain a physician referral, if needed.
"When you go in, you meet other people going through the same thing you had gone through, making you realize you're not alone. I made a lot of friends."
- Sally Smith
Benefits of the program
Discover the clinically proven, heart-healthy advantages of Spartanburg Regional's comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program:
- Improve cardiovascular fitness
- Reduce mortality risk by 30%
- Reduce hospital readmissions by 47%
- Decrease blood pressure and heart rate
- Reduce body fat
- Lower cholesterol levels
Personalized, professional support to help you achieve your goals
- Create a personalized health history
- Access a customized exercise prescription, including cardiovascular exercise and strength training
- Measure body composition and body fat percentage
- Check blood pressure and pulse with wearable monitors during training sessions
- Gain a community of support in group fitness classes
Build heart-healthy habits by continuing training after graduation from the program. You're eligible for a free month of a medically supervised wellness program at the Spartanburg Medical Center after graduating from the program.
Continue accessing our facility after completing the program for a free month. You can then join the Heart Wellness Center as a community member for $40/month.
Rehab program details
Spartanburg Regional Heart Center is a fully certified American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation program in Spartanburg County. Our 12-week Heart Wellness cardiac rehab program helps heart patients make healthy lifestyle changes.
Your Personalized Rehab Experience
1:1 exercise therapy in our Heart Wellness Center with trained staff:
- Individualized exercise prescriptions
- Customized diet consultation with a dietitian
- Individualized treatment plans are reviewed by the medical director monthly
Our cardiologists and other team members are here to help you reach your goals by:
- Creating a custom exercise "prescription," including cardiovascular exercise and strength training
- Measuring improvements in body composition, blood pressure and heart rate
- Personalized 1:1 heart educational coaching
Maintain your health after rehabilitation
Even after rehabilitation, we continue helping patients transition to a healthier lifestyle. We offer rehabilitation graduates one free month in our medically supervised wellness program. Many people continue coming in for workouts long after "graduation" by becoming members of our Heart Wellness Center.
AACVPR Certified
Our program certification for cardiac and pulmonary rehab by the AACVPR
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