If you’ve been diagnosed with a heart condition or have been told that you have significant risk factors for developing coronary artery disease, then you owe it to yourself to learn more about this excellent program. Program Director and Physical Therapist, Bob Huhn has worked closely with hundreds of clients with cardiac conditions over the last 25 years. In conjunction with their doctors, he’s helped ensure a successful recovery for people who have had stable angina, heart attacks, bypass surgery, angioplasty, valvular problems and congestive heart failure. If you want to learn just how much activity is safe for you and how quickly you should progress, check out this excellent program.

• You’ll learn to exercise in a safe, medically-supervised environment—much like the situation you may have experienced during a hospital stay. We’ll monitor your EKG, blood pressure, heart rate and symptoms while you’re exercising.

• You’ll learn how much exercise and activity is right for your particular condition.

• We’ll be in close contact with your cardiologist or physician every step of the way, providing reports to help guide your progress.

• Thanks to this established relationship, your doctor will be better able to manage the medications that are so important to your safe recovery. And, we’ll make sure any questions you may have are answered to your satisfaction.

• You’ll learn how to develop a far healthier lifestyle and we’ll help you change many of the risk factors that caused your cardiac condition in the first place.

• Bob will guide you through a safe, monitored exercise program. Monitoring includes EKG telemetry, blood pressure, heart rate and symptoms.

• You’ll receive eight, one-hour education sessions where you’ll learn more about heart disease, your risk factors and how to modify your lifestyle for a safer, healthier future.

• You’ll receive dietary counseling from a Registered Dietitian, including menu planning and recipes, that will help you achieve better weight control and lower blood cholesterol levels.

• After completing the HPC basic program, you’ll be given guidelines for returning to your own gym or health club, or you can continue in the HPC’s extended care program.

Individuals come to the Human Performance Center in a variety of ways. You or a family member can contact us and set up an appointment. Or your physician or other health care provider can refer you. In either case, we coordinate our care with your personal physician or other care providwer. In order to bill your insurance company, we’ll need a medical diagnosis. Please contact us by phone at: (805) 687-8553. Or e-mail us at: info@hpcsb.com.