I am 75 years old. I have CHF and an ejection fraction of 30 percent. I walk 5-6 days a week 1 to 1.5 hours per day. I do strengthening exercises with reactance bands to increase core and all four extremity strength and bone mineral density 2 hours per day 6 days per week. I have been doing this for the past year. I use a pulse odometer to monitor percent oxygen saturation and pulse rate.
@@dougfox9649 respected sir.. nothing can be done overnight.. it takes time and supervision.. in the US there dedicated clinics for HF reversal .. treadmill s.. active doctors monitoring progress during walking
I am 23 and was diagnosed with Heart Failure at 22. My ejection fraction was 5%. I am now on medication and have a device in me in case my heart stops. I am currently working out 2 hours a day but I take ALOT of breaks. Its very important to listen to your body when you work out.
My heart failure has my ejection fraction between 11 and 15% when it's bad, 20% when I'm managing it, but I'm in my 50s. Don't worry about taking a lot of breaks, do whatever works to keep you going. I take naps in the middle of the day if I need to, and I'm awake at odd hours of the night. Heart Failure is a full time job. Good luck, Cameron, I hate hearing that you're dealing with CHF at such a young age. I've had it for a long time and feel like better heart care and scientific breakthroughs are just around the corner, so hang in there!
@@LAValCaliGatorThanks for sharing this. I’m 60 and just spent some time in the hospital because of symptoms from low EF and a-fib. Gonna try to get that number up with diet and exercise. 🙏🏽
@@jorgeb555I have heart failure also … 15% now it’s at 50% I’m not sure what I did can help you but I used qunol coq10 with beets chewables… and hawthorn berry supplements and a lot of walking also … I hope everybody here can beat this ! Stay blessed 🫡
I am 50. My ef was last measured at 30%. I saw the rehab programs and thought they were too dumbed down. I now lift heavy 6 days a week for about 1.5 hours a day. Also my gym is not air conditioned and I live in Texas. The gym gets over 110 F at times. People should not quit life with heart failure. Push yourself to the extreme and youll do great
IMPORTANT: Lots of youtube viewers won't see a professional for exercise advice and will just watch your video to try it. At the very beginning you need to vigorously stress and warn patients that doing too strenuous an exercise for their current heart's ability or diagnoses can cause a heart attack and possible death. You need more emphases on how to recognize and know symptoms of when it's time to stop or slow down an exercise and rest. Originally I didn't know I had CHF until I did strenuous exercise one evening working in my yard but didn't stop when I felt weak and short of breath, but pushed myself to finish. Suddenly I had severe and terrifying chest pain and a heart attack. 911 was called. Tests done in the hospital showed that I had had congestive heart failure already, didn't know it, and I had ignored my weakness, thinking I was just out of shape.
If you've been following my channel, you'll know that I take a very conservative approach in my follow along workout videos. For the videos that are educational such as this one, I follow the latest guidance from the BACPR. I am not a doctor so don't provide medical advice and this video is for people that already have been diagnosed with heart failure and are most likely under medical management.
Im 54 years old and have been diagnosed with CHF years ago. I have been taking meds like entresto 200mg, toricard 5mg. Spire 25mg and jardiance 10mg. together with my other maintenance meds with kidney stones, and RA. Anyway, i thought this might help viewers: 1. Be vigilant in managing your symptoms before, during and after the exercise (shortness of breath, fatigue, body weight, bp, heart palpitations or swollen ankles) 2. Warming up and cooling down for prolonged periods of time (10-15 mins for each element). 3. Try not to stand still to avoid dizziness. Keep feet moving. Even if sitting do ankle pumps 4. Moderate endurance exercise is safe oldo some may not do standing exercises. Seated exercise maybe an option. Short exercise with period of rest is advisable. 5. Put rate of exertion in mind and monitor breathlessness. Target heartrates are not recommended for people qith HF. 6. Resistance or strength exercises are proposed. Avoid isometric exercises and valsalva maneuver as they may cause arythmia. P.s. Thanks for the video. Will try to follow it ❤
35 years old with ohcm and within last six months, my life has changed!!! Just trying to be active since I was a boy I was active. Nway good luck to everyone
2 years ago I went for a test where they put dye in you as you go through I believe it was an mri machine. When I was done my cardiologist said your heart seems fine with the left side pumping a little slower but nothing concerning. I was diagnosed with LS bundle branch block in 2010. I didn't go back until 1 day 2 years later I had a lung infection and went to the ER where they gave me an IV Antibiotic and my fever was down and my pulmonary congestion dissipated 95%. I felt much better as I went home, relaxed and woke the next few days weak in my legs. I thought it was from laying around alot but as a Nurse after 5 days I was still weak mainly in my legs. As I looked through the discharge papers it said I suffer from cardiac disease with an EF of 35. How could they know this I hadn't been to my cardiologist since 2 years when he said you have a slight blood slowing down on L side but nothing to be concerned with. I immediately scheduled a real angiogram where they went thru the groin. After 45 minutes zero plaque walls and all looked good. I asked the Dr " what can I do to bring up my 35 EF? " Nothing Really" as he seemed in a rush to leave. I've been a Nurse for 31 years and I don't mind bad bedside manner if your smart but a little eccentric. That was 6 Mos. AGO and other then being more tired during the day I go to the gym 4x a week and do something daily like walking or hiking daily. I'd rather die happy exercising then living doing nothing and waiting to die. Screw that I'm going out on my own terms. I think I'll find a cardiologist I respect. I'm getting a new primary also. My cholesterol wasn't real high like 180s and triglycerides were also not bad. The first time I meet him after a CBC he says I'm putting you on a Statin. I said I wouldn't take a statin ever. He says "Why and don't say never". I said I've been a cardiac nurse for years have read and listened to the Brightest minds I respect and unless heart disease runs in my family ( it doesnt) then I believe there's no correlation to show that my cholesterol wich was fairly normal for my family Statins can do more harm. He still wanted to write it and that's when I believe the drug company was paying him off to write scripts of the statin he was pushing. He happend to run into somebody who knows when he's pushing so hard to write there script he's most likely getting paid off. Why would a drug repair throw an extravagant party if that didn't take place? Not me Doc sorry.
Ask about isosorbide mononitrate if you haven’t already. There are some new medications called camtens that are in clinical trials the thing with these although they remodel the heart and make it more elastic and less stiff, they can also lower EF, so with an EF of less than the high 40’s you might not be a good candidate. However, if you can get that EF up you might be able to use camtens to make your heart less stiff. Also try looking into alcohol septal ablation therapy to see if you are a good fit for that. In addition consider going vegan, plant based diets have been shown to reverse heart failure in a pretty good portion of the heart failure population.
I had EF12, I take my statin, and betablocker, and a good old water pill(sperclatone). Then finally put me on CRT, 10 years later stage 3, I run 2 miles every other day, my EF is at 55. Ive 4 different cardiologist, they disagreed on somethings, but they all gave Statins. They all say keep ur LDL low. I watch alot of youtube, the longer ur Statins the benefits double every 5 years. Keep that in mind if ur ldl is high.
2013, at the age of 33, I had my first heart attack when I had 3 stents. In 2018, I started exercising, and when I felt the strongest in June 2021, I had another heart attack and two stents were placed, so now I have a total of 5 stents. I did almost all the examinations, 59% heart ultrasound, ergospirometry which is great, holter pressure and holter ECG, everything is great! But I have a problem when I start exercising, 30-45 after training with weights of 5-10 kg, my blood pressure suddenly jumps and my heart starts to malfunction, nitroglycerin requires. I don't want to give up, but now I'm afraid to start training. I don’t need some weights but they also make me less of a problem. I'm spinning in a circle and I don't know where to start. it is important for me to exercise moderately and maintain strength as much as possible. What do you think, should I do multislice catheterization or maybe myocardial spectrum? Maybe I should check the stent flow ?
I think you should discuss your concerns with a cardiac specialist to learn what investigative procedure would be the right course of action to get to the bottom of what you are experiencing.
I was looking through my past comments and this one just keeps grabbing my attention on what you said. I'm no doctor, but you definitely need that spiritual health otherwise all the exercise is incomplete. Stay close to God and keep talking to Him. I don't know you personally so I don't know if you believe in Him, but I believe He will take care of you and improve your life if you believe in Him. I like how you said you don't want to give up with your exercise and trying to heal, don't. And don't give up on God or His Son.
It sounds like something else is going on. I had heart attack at 35 with stents and double bypass at 36 in 1995. I carried on playing rugby at a good level until I hit 50 in 2010 and thats with the bypass blocking off in 2002. I never experienced what you are going through. So strange. You should be in good shape to exercise. Now, in 2010 everything went wrong needing defibrillator and it got worse but thats all because the heart remodelled and left ventricle is no longer a good muscle because of all the scar tissue.
@@ExerciseForHealth I was a competitive bodybuilder. My doctor said my heart was so strong from year of training that I was better able to withstand the diagnosis. Turns out my condition is genetic (TTN gene).
I am 54 and everything matched with your, dilated cardiomyopathy, EF of 25% and from genetic, had a cardiac arrest early this year. www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/multiagency-rescue-saves-bushwalker-suffering-cardiac-arrest/
i’ve got shortness of breath and my heart always flutters and skips beats but for years i’ve been told i’ve got a healthy heart and doctors could never find anything
I had this issue a lot last year. I started taking fish oil and magnesium. It helps. I strength train 3-4 days a week and it has helped a lot. My EKG said I was fine too when I saw my physician.
@@ExerciseForHealth not really, since I'm dying anyway and on my death bed ..riddled and loaded with masses everywhere and cancer. Would rather die of cardiac arrest instead of my insides busting open from masses all over. Cancer is painful and it sucks. Head to toe.
@@ExerciseForHealth high BP all the time like 200/?, diabetes, very high cholesterol for many years..bedbound. I pray to God I stop breathing and my heart stops beatimg in my sleep. No life layomg and suffering from cancer. Fluid around heart too pericardial effusion that cardio said no big deal....I want to pass praxefullym
I'm 66 now. I had heart attack in Oct 2020 and doctors placed three stents on my heart. Reports say ejection fraction was dropped to 20-25% during I was in hospital then. They also implanted an ICD (Implantable cardioverter defibrillator). I am now under heart medications namely Entresto, Xarelto, Jardiance, Metoprolol and Atorvastatin. I was also given Eplerenone last year that I took for about eight months but doctor removed it because my BP dropped significantly. After removing Eplerenone, my BP observes to be quite perfect. I walk about 5 miles (8 km) uphill and downhill about four days a week without getting tired or fatigue. However, the left ventricle ejection fraction dropped to 20-25% in Mar 2023 which was 35-40% last couple of years, and doctor was confused if I would be a advanced heart failure patient. That's the reason they recommended me to have a cardiopulmonary test (stress test) that turned out to be quite good. I never had shortness in breadth, dizziness or likewise symptoms. But I felt laziness when I had low BP. I have watched many videos and read many comments but was never able to find out a way that would help me improve the ejection fraction. Now, I also started biking in the city and do not feel difficulties. Is there anybody who have idea on "how to improve ejection fraction".
I'm not sure how you can specifically target the ejection fraction as it's the percentage difference between the volume of blood in the left ventricle before and after the heart beat.
I haven't had heart failure yet, but do have a heart condition, I'm at the stage where I CAN do heavy lifting but am not supposed to, so not sure what types of excercises to do. I am actively working on lightening some of the loads I do to make them a bit lighter though, still figuring the cat litter/moving furniture on foot thing though...I know I'm not supposed to do strenous hiking that makes me take a lot of breaks or running...
I am 21.5 years old and having chest pain, leg hand abdomen back swelling, wake up after 4/5 hours sleep,when I drink water i can feel it is going sometimes to the left side of chest/lung and some times to right side. Ecg normal, Basic echo without EF is normal. I am going to see another cardiologist soon, i am sure that it is CFH.
That's likely because they don't know you to make an honest and valid opinion. I also struggle to answer questions that are related to the individual because I can't be there to assess them.
I am 40 years of age and I have had open heart surgery in the middle of lockdown. My aortic root was enlarged to break in point & I needed open heart surgery. But I haven’t been given any exercises to do I was left to my own devices and wasn’t given any instructions about exercising. So can I ask for a bit of advice please for someone of my age wanting to exercise I don’t know what I can do because of my heart condition
You should ask your doctor for individual advice on what is best for you based on the surgery you've had. But when you do start, be conservative and start gently.
Are there any specific recommendations for someone who has HF due to permanent fast AFib? Until a year ago I was hiking up big hills almost daily, then the AFib became permanent and since then, can only walk for ten minutes very slowly, on level ground. I persevere with walking the dog but it exhausts me even walking slowly. So now I have put on several stone in weight. I'm trying to eat less, I hate being fat.
I have had heart failure for the past 6 years. Recently I ended up in hosp[ital where they implanted a pacemaker, but my Afib was still very persistent unrtil they shocked my heart back into normal rythym. That was only 2 weeks ago but so far so good. I understand that the longer you have been experiencing Afib, the harder it is to shock it back. I have heard of another procedure called ablation or something similar which may also be succesful. Good luck with your treatment.
I’m 22y.o and I am diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. I am afraid to start excercising. Before I was running 6days a week, 7km a day. Then I had covid and now I am afraid to start again. What should I do for start?
Firstly, get advice from your doctor who knows you best on the best place to start, but I've done a video on exercise advice for cardiomyopathy which may help you after you get advice here: ruclips.net/video/FBdf5kSt8Jo/видео.html
Im 26 with dilated cardiomyopathy moderate dilation with meds my ef went from 41 to 60 and It’s stable for the moment but my cardiologist insisted on doing just walking with no other exercise included, till this day i don’t know which medical test can help finding out which exercises are permitted and which are not
@@ayoublkd2609congrats thats good progress. Since you obviously did continuous monitoring to know the result of 60%EF has your dialation gone down at all？
@@ExerciseForHealthPlus, Nutritional Yeast.... Which carries good Complex very important. Especially B1 will protect against getting an enlarged Heart. SIDs is caused by B1 insufficiently.
How many times a week would you recommend your heart rehab exercises to a person with a porcine valve replacement? I was diagnosed with heart failure with underlying aortic stenosis. My doctor says a fast paced walk of 45 minutes three times a week is sufficient.
My EF is now under 20%. I’ve noticed I am in no small amount of pain for days after the mildest of exertions. Am I having trouble flushing waste from my cells due to the diminished EF, or is this something I might be able to manage with alternative methods?
When I had my cardiac arrest and woke up after 3 days in coma, my EF was 21%, 3 week later recover up to 25%, that was happen in Jan of this year. now I recover a lot and still active and walking all the time. the rehab exercises were very helpful even just attend for 6 sections for me. How about you after 3 months now. This is me in the news, www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/multiagency-rescue-saves-bushwalker-suffering-cardiac-arrest/.
My legs get extreme pain after 20 minutes can't get heart rate past 90 because of metropol . CKD caused this. Have heart stents. Had heart attack stroke but i keep trying 🎉
My dad age 84 is on a lot of diuretics and water restrictions. He went from 50% to 55% with heart tablets and one which is for diabetes (he doesn't have diabetes) but it's helped him, Urologist got him on it. Empagliflozin
There aren't specific exercises as such, rather than changing ones' lifestyle choices (healthy balanced diet/ being generally more active day to day/ regular exercise etc).
Ask about LVOTO I been dealing with 6+ years of good bike rides followed by bad bike rides. On my bad days i felt pressure in my sternum area and felt like i was sucking air thru a straw or like going at a hard run on a cold day it was just difficult to breath, my legs would get real tight They cardiologist put me on carvedilol saying it would help open my vessels leaving the heart. After a few months on carvedilol i told the cardiologist my symptoms have gotten worse on my bike rides ans i was habing 1 good day followed by several bad days. After two years on carvedelol i went into heart failure after running test they found my LVOTO gradient at 122mmHg Now im looking into camzyos or alcohol septal ablasion or myectomy! Heading down to mayo clinic next week for second opinion
@@ExerciseForHealth that's what Google says idk ..not now I think they took it down they won't even admit that it's bad they wanna make it worse if they gave me the ace inhibitors it might reverse it
I am 75 years old. I have CHF and an ejection fraction of 30 percent. I walk 5-6 days a week 1 to 1.5 hours per day. I do strengthening exercises with reactance bands to increase core and all four extremity strength and bone mineral density 2 hours per day 6 days per week. I have been doing this for the past year. I use a pulse odometer to monitor percent oxygen saturation and pulse rate.
Amazing, great stuff!
Keep it up! I have hf too. I really enjoy the walking
That is amazing!
How do you do it? I'm 77 EF 44% they say.Get very tired on my walks.. HA on my 77 birthday.
@@dougfox9649 respected sir.. nothing can be done overnight.. it takes time and supervision.. in the US there dedicated clinics for HF reversal .. treadmill s.. active doctors monitoring progress during walking
I am 23 and was diagnosed with Heart Failure at 22. My ejection fraction was 5%. I am now on medication and have a device in me in case my heart stops. I am currently working out 2 hours a day but I take ALOT of breaks. Its very important to listen to your body when you work out.
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
What makes one's heart to stop ?
My heart failure has my ejection fraction between 11 and 15% when it's bad, 20% when I'm managing it, but I'm in my 50s. Don't worry about taking a lot of breaks, do whatever works to keep you going. I take naps in the middle of the day if I need to, and I'm awake at odd hours of the night. Heart Failure is a full time job. Good luck, Cameron, I hate hearing that you're dealing with CHF at such a young age. I've had it for a long time and feel like better heart care and scientific breakthroughs are just around the corner, so hang in there!
@@LAValCaliGatorThanks for sharing this. I’m 60 and just spent some time in the hospital because of symptoms from low EF and a-fib. Gonna try to get that number up with diet and exercise. 🙏🏽
@@jorgeb555I have heart failure also … 15% now it’s at 50% I’m not sure what I did can help you but I used qunol coq10 with beets chewables… and hawthorn berry supplements and a lot of walking also … I hope everybody here can beat this ! Stay blessed 🫡
I am 50. My ef was last measured at 30%. I saw the rehab programs and thought they were too dumbed down. I now lift heavy 6 days a week for about 1.5 hours a day. Also my gym is not air conditioned and I live in Texas. The gym gets over 110 F at times. People should not quit life with heart failure. Push yourself to the extreme and youll do great
Great that you're active
IMPORTANT: Lots of youtube viewers won't see a professional for exercise advice and will just watch your video to try it. At the very beginning you need to vigorously stress and warn patients that doing too strenuous an exercise for their current heart's ability or diagnoses can cause a heart attack and possible death. You need more emphases on how to recognize and know symptoms of when it's time to stop or slow down an exercise and rest. Originally I didn't know I had CHF until I did strenuous exercise one evening working in my yard but didn't stop when I felt weak and short of breath, but pushed myself to finish. Suddenly I had severe and terrifying chest pain and a heart attack. 911 was called. Tests done in the hospital showed that I had had congestive heart failure already, didn't know it, and I had ignored my weakness, thinking I was just out of shape.
If you've been following my channel, you'll know that I take a very conservative approach in my follow along workout videos. For the videos that are educational such as this one, I follow the latest guidance from the BACPR. I am not a doctor so don't provide medical advice and this video is for people that already have been diagnosed with heart failure and are most likely under medical management.
Thanks for sharing this! 🙏🏽
I was diagnosed with Heart Failure at the end of April 2024. My EF is 20%. I start Cardiac rehab next week. Thank you for this information.
You are so welcome! Good luck and you'll get lots of great information to help you from the cardiac team!
I'm in your neighborhood with the EF, good luck, Kate! I really hope the cardiac rehab works for you.
Im 54 years old and have been diagnosed with CHF years ago. I have been taking meds like entresto 200mg, toricard 5mg. Spire 25mg and jardiance 10mg. together with my other maintenance meds with kidney stones, and RA. Anyway, i thought this might help viewers:
1. Be vigilant in managing your symptoms before, during and after the exercise (shortness of breath, fatigue, body weight, bp, heart palpitations or swollen ankles)
2. Warming up and cooling down for prolonged periods of time (10-15 mins for each element).
3. Try not to stand still to avoid dizziness. Keep feet moving. Even if sitting do ankle pumps
4. Moderate endurance exercise is safe oldo some may not do standing exercises. Seated exercise maybe an option. Short exercise with period of rest is advisable.
5. Put rate of exertion in mind and monitor breathlessness. Target heartrates are not recommended for people qith HF.
6. Resistance or strength exercises are proposed. Avoid isometric exercises and valsalva maneuver as they may cause arythmia.
P.s. Thanks for the video. Will try to follow it ❤
Good stuff!
Good stuff! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
35 years old with ohcm and within last six months, my life has changed!!! Just trying to be active since I was a boy I was active. Nway good luck to everyone
Best wishes for your future health
2 years ago I went for a test where they put dye in you as you go through I believe it was an mri machine. When I was done my cardiologist said your heart seems fine with the left side pumping a little slower but nothing concerning. I was diagnosed with LS bundle branch block in 2010. I didn't go back until 1 day 2 years later I had a lung infection and went to the ER where they gave me an IV Antibiotic and my fever was down and my pulmonary congestion dissipated 95%. I felt much better as I went home, relaxed and woke the next few days weak in my legs. I thought it was from laying around alot but as a Nurse after 5 days I was still weak mainly in my legs. As I looked through the discharge papers it said I suffer from cardiac disease with an EF of 35. How could they know this I hadn't been to my cardiologist since 2 years when he said you have a slight blood slowing down on L side but nothing to be concerned with. I immediately scheduled a real angiogram where they went thru the groin. After 45 minutes zero plaque walls and all looked good. I asked the Dr " what can I do to bring up my 35 EF? " Nothing Really" as he seemed in a rush to leave. I've been a Nurse for 31 years and I don't mind bad bedside manner if your smart but a little eccentric. That was 6 Mos. AGO and other then being more tired during the day I go to the gym 4x a week and do something daily like walking or hiking daily. I'd rather die happy exercising then living doing nothing and waiting to die. Screw that I'm going out on my own terms. I think I'll find a cardiologist I respect. I'm getting a new primary also. My cholesterol wasn't real high like 180s and triglycerides were also not bad. The first time I meet him after a CBC he says I'm putting you on a Statin. I said I wouldn't take a statin ever. He says "Why and don't say never". I said I've been a cardiac nurse for years have read and listened to the Brightest minds I respect and unless heart disease runs in my family ( it doesnt) then I believe there's no correlation to show that my cholesterol wich was fairly normal for my family Statins can do more harm. He still wanted to write it and that's when I believe the drug company was paying him off to write scripts of the statin he was pushing. He happend to run into somebody who knows when he's pushing so hard to write there script he's most likely getting paid off. Why would a drug repair throw an extravagant party if that didn't take place? Not me Doc sorry.
Interesting!
Ask about isosorbide mononitrate if you haven’t already. There are some new medications called camtens that are in clinical trials the thing with these although they remodel the heart and make it more elastic and less stiff, they can also lower EF, so with an EF of less than the high 40’s you might not be a good candidate. However, if you can get that EF up you might be able to use camtens to make your heart less stiff. Also try looking into alcohol septal ablation therapy to see if you are a good fit for that. In addition consider going vegan, plant based diets have been shown to reverse heart failure in a pretty good portion of the heart failure population.
I had EF12, I take my statin, and betablocker, and a good old water pill(sperclatone). Then finally put me on CRT, 10 years later stage 3, I run 2 miles every other day, my EF is at 55. Ive 4 different cardiologist, they disagreed on somethings, but they all gave Statins. They all say keep ur LDL low. I watch alot of youtube, the longer ur Statins the benefits double every 5 years. Keep that in mind if ur ldl is high.
Wow awesome glad to hear a positive story@@HectorMartinez-gy8kp
Excellent advice! 🌟🌟🌟
THANK YOU!!
You are so welcome!
Nice information for heart failure patients
Thank you!
2013, at the age of 33, I had my first heart attack when I had 3 stents. In 2018, I started exercising, and when I felt the strongest in June 2021, I had another heart attack and two stents were placed, so now I have a total of 5 stents. I did almost all the examinations, 59% heart ultrasound, ergospirometry which is great, holter pressure and holter ECG, everything is great! But I have a problem when I start exercising, 30-45 after training with weights of 5-10 kg, my blood pressure suddenly jumps and my heart starts to malfunction, nitroglycerin requires. I don't want to give up, but now I'm afraid to start training. I don’t need some weights but they also make me less of a problem. I'm spinning in a circle and I don't know where to start.
it is important for me to exercise moderately and maintain strength as much as possible. What do you think, should I do multislice catheterization or maybe myocardial spectrum? Maybe I should check the stent flow ?
I think you should discuss your concerns with a cardiac specialist to learn what investigative procedure would be the right course of action to get to the bottom of what you are experiencing.
I was looking through my past comments and this one just keeps grabbing my attention on what you said. I'm no doctor, but you definitely need that spiritual health otherwise all the exercise is incomplete. Stay close to God and keep talking to Him. I don't know you personally so I don't know if you believe in Him, but I believe He will take care of you and improve your life if you believe in Him. I like how you said you don't want to give up with your exercise and trying to heal, don't. And don't give up on God or His Son.
Any updates bro?
I hope you have a good quality of life and wish you all the best. ❤️
It sounds like something else is going on. I had heart attack at 35 with stents and double bypass at 36 in 1995. I carried on playing rugby at a good level until I hit 50 in 2010 and thats with the bypass blocking off in 2002. I never experienced what you are going through. So strange. You should be in good shape to exercise. Now, in 2010 everything went wrong needing defibrillator and it got worse but thats all because the heart remodelled and left ventricle is no longer a good muscle because of all the scar tissue.
Thanks for your good information .
My pleasure!
I have dilated cardiomyopathy, EF of 25% and doing moderate weight lifting and cardio activities
Hope this helps
@@ExerciseForHealth I was a competitive bodybuilder. My doctor said my heart was so strong from year of training that I was better able to withstand the diagnosis. Turns out my condition is genetic (TTN gene).
same here, how old are you buddy? iam 30 now...@@joea363
I am 54 and everything matched with your, dilated cardiomyopathy, EF of 25% and from genetic, had a cardiac arrest early this year.
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/multiagency-rescue-saves-bushwalker-suffering-cardiac-arrest/
@@joea363how old are you just curious？ have you gone through artery angiogram to check for possible coronary artery disease？
i’ve got shortness of breath and my heart always flutters and skips beats but for years i’ve been told i’ve got a healthy heart and doctors could never find anything
Interesting
I had this issue a lot last year. I started taking fish oil and magnesium. It helps. I strength train 3-4 days a week and it has helped a lot. My EKG said I was fine too when I saw my physician.
Very much thank u❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome
Great video. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Thank you.
Welcome
I can only wish, hope and pray my heart stops forever ❤🎉
That's sad 😢
@@ExerciseForHealth not really, since I'm dying anyway and on my death bed ..riddled and loaded with masses everywhere and cancer. Would rather die of cardiac arrest instead of my insides busting open from masses all over. Cancer is painful and it sucks. Head to toe.
@@ExerciseForHealth high BP all the time like 200/?, diabetes, very high cholesterol for many years..bedbound. I pray to God I stop breathing and my heart stops beatimg in my sleep. No life layomg and suffering from cancer. Fluid around heart too pericardial effusion that cardio said no big deal....I want to pass praxefullym
I'm 66 now. I had heart attack in Oct 2020 and doctors placed three stents on my heart. Reports say ejection fraction was dropped to 20-25% during I was in hospital then. They also implanted an ICD (Implantable cardioverter defibrillator). I am now under heart medications namely Entresto, Xarelto, Jardiance, Metoprolol and Atorvastatin. I was also given Eplerenone last year that I took for about eight months but doctor removed it because my BP dropped significantly. After removing Eplerenone, my BP observes to be quite perfect. I walk about 5 miles (8 km) uphill and downhill about four days a week without getting tired or fatigue. However, the left ventricle ejection fraction dropped to 20-25% in Mar 2023 which was 35-40% last couple of years, and doctor was confused if I would be a advanced heart failure patient. That's the reason they recommended me to have a cardiopulmonary test (stress test) that turned out to be quite good. I never had shortness in breadth, dizziness or likewise symptoms. But I felt laziness when I had low BP. I have watched many videos and read many comments but was never able to find out a way that would help me improve the ejection fraction. Now, I also started biking in the city and do not feel difficulties. Is there anybody who have idea on "how to improve ejection fraction".
I'm not sure how you can specifically target the ejection fraction as it's the percentage difference between the volume of blood in the left ventricle before and after the heart beat.
Dr esselstyne
I’ve read u can improve it by exercise..what kind idk. My EF is 45-50 so I’ve been researching that
@@sharonhoffman4588 that's a pretty good EF! Whatever you're doing is working!
I haven't had heart failure yet, but do have a heart condition, I'm at the stage where I CAN do heavy lifting but am not supposed to, so not sure what types of excercises to do. I am actively working on lightening some of the loads I do to make them a bit lighter though, still figuring the cat litter/moving furniture on foot thing though...I know I'm not supposed to do strenous hiking that makes me take a lot of breaks or running...
Find out what works best for you (being conservative initially) and go from there.
I am 21.5 years old and having chest pain, leg hand abdomen back swelling, wake up after 4/5 hours sleep,when I drink water i can feel it is going sometimes to the left side of chest/lung and some times to right side. Ecg normal, Basic echo without EF is normal. I am going to see another cardiologist soon, i am sure that it is CFH.
Good that you're getting it checked
Always found with this type of video is when asked a question invariably they say talk to your DR
That's likely because they don't know you to make an honest and valid opinion. I also struggle to answer questions that are related to the individual because I can't be there to assess them.
I am 40 years of age and I have had open heart surgery in the middle of lockdown. My aortic root was enlarged to break in point & I needed open heart surgery. But I haven’t been given any exercises to do I was left to my own devices and wasn’t given any instructions about exercising. So can I ask for a bit of advice please for someone of my age wanting to exercise I don’t know what I can do because of my heart condition
You should ask your doctor for individual advice on what is best for you based on the surgery you've had. But when you do start, be conservative and start gently.
Get walking and get going ,you will be fine.
Gigong or taichi
Are there any specific recommendations for someone who has HF due to permanent fast AFib? Until a year ago I was hiking up big hills almost daily, then the AFib became permanent and since then, can only walk for ten minutes very slowly, on level ground. I persevere with walking the dog but it exhausts me even walking slowly. So now I have put on several stone in weight. I'm trying to eat less, I hate being fat.
Not that I'm aware of. Generally we learn about guidance for each health condition, then have to amalgamate them for people with other co-morbidities.
I have had heart failure for the past 6 years. Recently I ended up in hosp[ital where they implanted a pacemaker, but my Afib was still very persistent unrtil they shocked my heart back into normal rythym. That was only 2 weeks ago but so far so good. I understand that the longer you have been experiencing Afib, the harder it is to shock it back. I have heard of another procedure called ablation or something similar which may also be succesful. Good luck with your treatment.
For Afib,,which exercise PLEASE,You are the most sincere
There is not one specific exercise, but just guidelines. Watch this one on Atrial Fibrillation for more: ruclips.net/video/ajgebNPIVQ0/видео.html
My problem is I also have quite severe arthritis as well as HFpEF and AF making exercising very difficult. I need support to walk.
I appreciate people will have additional co-morbidities. Do what you can when you.
Thanks Sir Richard
Any time
I just got diagnosed with it I have had these symptoms
Hopefully this information can help you manage it in the long term.
Now I understand why I get dizzy when I stop walking and it goes away when I start walking again, aye keep the feet moving.
Hope it helps
I’m 22y.o and I am diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. I am afraid to start excercising. Before I was running 6days a week, 7km a day. Then I had covid and now I am afraid to start again. What should I do for start?
Firstly, get advice from your doctor who knows you best on the best place to start, but I've done a video on exercise advice for cardiomyopathy which may help you after you get advice here: ruclips.net/video/FBdf5kSt8Jo/видео.html
Im 26 with dilated cardiomyopathy moderate dilation with meds my ef went from 41 to 60 and It’s stable for the moment but my cardiologist insisted on doing just walking with no other exercise included, till this day i don’t know which medical test can help finding out which exercises are permitted and which are not
I can appreciate that at 26 this is very frustrating and I hope you can get some straight answers from the medical professionals.
That’s amazing! How ing did it take you to bring up from 40-60?
@@santosnoriella it took me about two years to reach 60
thats amazing! What types of things did you do to help bring it up? @@ayoublkd2609
@@ayoublkd2609congrats thats good progress. Since you obviously did continuous monitoring to know the result of 60%EF has your dialation gone down at all？
Wrong. It can be cured. It depends on the cause. Ejection fraction can recover. As always it depends.
Nice
@@ExerciseForHealthPlus, Nutritional Yeast.... Which carries good Complex very important. Especially B1 will protect against getting an enlarged Heart. SIDs is caused by B1 insufficiently.
It actually can be cured
I believe heart failure is chronic, it can be managed but not cured as such (although I'm no medical professional).
@@ExerciseForHealth I know of some ppl who no longer have it
How many times a week would you recommend your heart rehab exercises to a person with a porcine valve replacement? I was diagnosed with heart failure with underlying aortic stenosis. My doctor says a fast paced walk of 45 minutes three times a week is sufficient.
That sounds like great advice from your doctor, but also go on how you feel.
My EF is now under 20%. I’ve noticed I am in no small amount of pain for days after the mildest of exertions. Am I having trouble flushing waste from my cells due to the diminished EF, or is this something I might be able to manage with alternative methods?
I obviously can't answer this and suggest you speak to your doctor
When I had my cardiac arrest and woke up after 3 days in coma, my EF was 21%, 3 week later recover up to 25%, that was happen in Jan of this year. now I recover a lot and still active and walking all the time. the rehab exercises were very helpful even just attend for 6 sections for me. How about you after 3 months now. This is me in the news, www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/multiagency-rescue-saves-bushwalker-suffering-cardiac-arrest/.
My legs get extreme pain after 20 minutes can't get heart rate past 90 because of metropol . CKD caused this. Have heart stents. Had heart attack stroke but i keep trying 🎉
Just do what you can when you can to keep moving as much as you can!
Thanks Sir Richard. theres no point of living.
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@@ExerciseForHealth
Hilarious 😆
Hello With my ICD, I should not do Plank.
The plank is isometric so that raises blood pressure which increases the risk and pressure on the cardiovascular system
@@ExerciseForHealth Are push ups isometric. I only do the plank every two day's for one minute should I stop.
Can heart failure be reversed? If yes..How? My father (72) EF 35%. He on water restrictions..
Not that I'm aware of, but I'm not a medical doctor and would suggest you consult one for the answer.
My dad age 84 is on a lot of diuretics and water restrictions. He went from 50% to 55% with heart tablets and one which is for diabetes (he doesn't have diabetes) but it's helped him, Urologist got him on it. Empagliflozin
@@fedupbin Hi..what was your father's EF earlier..?
@@MrAnkur87 To be honest, I'm not sure.
He did have cardiomyopathy years ago, but for some reason its milder now, but he has now developed AF.
Hi
I'm Ameena from India
My husband has got 2 stents in past 2 months
Which kind of exercises helps to reduce belly fat
There aren't specific exercises as such, rather than changing ones' lifestyle choices (healthy balanced diet/ being generally more active day to day/ regular exercise etc).
Ughh it's impossible to walk with cardiomyopathy unless Ur carrying a toilet...amount of diuretics u have to take
Oh wow!
I am an American. So please tell me what does,"puffed", mean?
Ha ha, sorry. Being puffed means feeling breathless 😮💨
@@ExerciseForHealth Thank you.
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Thank you
In other words exercise may kill you.
No, but exercise should be prescribed based on one's condition.
When for a descent bike ride; felt ok. Got pulse up to 140s. Now resting and pulse won’t go to normal resting after 2 hours. 😮😢
It might be worth getting a check up if your heart rate is still high after 2 hours of rest.
Ask about LVOTO
I been dealing with 6+ years of good bike rides followed by bad bike rides.
On my bad days i felt pressure in my sternum area and felt like i was sucking air thru a straw or like going at a hard run on a cold day it was just difficult to breath, my legs would get real tight
They cardiologist put me on carvedilol saying it would help open my vessels leaving the heart. After a few months on carvedilol i told the cardiologist my symptoms have gotten worse on my bike rides ans i was habing 1 good day followed by several bad days.
After two years on carvedelol i went into heart failure after running test they found my LVOTO gradient at 122mmHg
Now im looking into camzyos or alcohol septal ablasion or myectomy!
Heading down to mayo clinic next week for second opinion
I thought ace inhibitors will strengthen heart failure by 15 percent and digoxin does too even more so it should partially do it
As an exercise specialist my knowledge of medicines is limited, so I don't know if that is right or not.
@@ExerciseForHealth that's what Google says idk ..not now I think they took it down they won't even admit that it's bad they wanna make it worse if they gave me the ace inhibitors it might reverse it
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Thanks
This didnt really teach me anything.
Good for you, well done.
theres no point of living
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@synergy id rather die then to fight a disease thats not curable, and a therapist? be fr
@@sanjii1448 heart failure can be cured.. US has dedicated centres ..
its simple aerobics .. medicine.. food.. water management .. coupled with spending time in nature.. tai chi .. etc
Sending hugs your way. We got this!
Ty sir.
You're welcome