Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Regional Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Service
The regional cardiovascular rehabilitation service supports patients with a cardiovascular disease and those with high risk for developing cardiovascular disease, to get on track to better heart health. This six-month program helps to improve your quality of life through guided lifestyle change, supervised exercise and education. The outreach of this service is spread regionally throughout Scarborough and Durham region, and available to virtual platform, to give access close to home and work.
Who is cardiovascular rehabilitation for?
Cardiovascular rehabilitation is a supervised service that helps to improve the health of patients with a vascular disease; patients who have had a cardiac procedure; or those who are at high risk of developing a cardiovascular disease.
Risk factors
Cardiovascular rehab is for you if you have experienced a vascular event, condition, or procedure:
- Angina
- Heart attack or acute coronary syndrome
- Angioplasty (stent)
- Bypass surgery
- Pacemaker or ICD
- Heart failure
- Heart transplantation
- Cardiomyopathy
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Non-debilitating stroke or TIA
- Valve surgery
- Reno vascular disease
You may also be eligible if you are high risk with multiple risk factors for vascular disease, such as:
- History of smoking
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Inactive lifestyle or obesity.
Benefits
Cardiovascular rehabilitation will help you to:
- Manage risk factors for vascular disease
- Control your weight, lower your cholesterol, and decrease your blood pressure; and manage diabetes
- Increase your fitness, endurance and energy
- Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
- Decrease your risk of having a vascular event
How the program works
The regional cardiovascular rehabilitation service consists of a six-month program led by expert exercise therapists, in consultation with dietitians, pharmacists, counsellors, cardiologists and cardiac diagnostics technicians, as well as volunteers and administrative support. The program includes supervised exercise plans that are individualized for each patient, along with education classes, counseling and support.
Weekly classes
Our weekly exercise classes are offered in the morning, afternoon or evening to fit your schedule. Classes are approximately 90 minutes long, and include:
- Mini-talks on heart-health topics, such as exercising in the heat or cold, and choosing the best training footwear;
- Warm-up exercises;
- Strength training using hand weights and resistance bands;
- Aerobic exercise, including walking or biking; and
- Cool-down exercises.
- At each exercise class, we will supervise your exercise prescription, review your cardiac risk factors and monitor your progress. Our cardiovascular rehab team provides you with weekly support, encouragement and motivation for heart-healthy living.
Our sites
We have multiple sites across the region so that patients can participate in cardiovascular rehab at a location that is convenient for where they live or work. Services are standardized across all sites.
Scarborough
Rouge Valley Centenary, 2867 Ellesmere Road
Pickering
Pickering Soccer Centre, 1975 Clements Road (new)
Ajax
Ajax Community Centre, 75 Centennial Road
Whitby
Abilities Centre, 55 Gordon Street
Oshawa
Oshawa Civic Complex, 99 Thornton Road South
Oshawa Legends Centre, 1661 Harmony Road North
Bowmanville
Bowmanville Indoor Soccer Complex, 2375 Baseline Road West
Cobourg
Cobourg Community Centre, 750 D'Arcy Street
YMCA Northumberland, 339 Elgin Street West
Port Perry
Scugog Community Recreation Centre, 1655 Reach Street
Lindsay
Ross Memorial Hospital, 10 Angeline Street North
Peterborough
Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre, 775 Brealey Drive (new)
Campbellford
Hastings Field House, 97 Elgin Street (new)
How to join
Give us a call
For questions or to learn more about our cardiovascular rehabilitation services, please contact the regional program at (toll free) 1-855-448-5471 or at 416-281-7022.
Send in your referral by
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A referral from your physician, which can be faxed to 416-281-7280.
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Ocean eReferral
This program now accepts Ocean eReferrals! For additional information, please email your Ontario Health East Deployment Team at contact@ereferralontarioeast.ca
More Information
Please go to https://gethearthealthy.ca/
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Lakeridge Health
905-576-8711