Patients with heart problems like blocked arteries or heart failure should think about cardiac rehabilitation. Participation in cardiac rehab has been linked to fewer heart attacks, less time in the hospital, and even a lower chance of mortality.

Cardiac rehab has many parts, but the most important one is following a structured exercise programme. The main goal is to help you recover from heart disease, lower your risk of having heart problems in the future, and improve your quality of life by making you more functional overall. Several international guidelines strongly recommend that people with heart failure or blocked heart arteries take part in cardiac rehab.

The people that are part of the rehab:

You and your family, and team Shanthi Priya

Team Shanthi Priya is made up of a physiotherapist and a dietitian. They all have a lot of clinical experience with cardiac rehab and can help you learn about your condition, get the right exercises, deal with stress, and eat better.

What are the advantages of cardiac rehab?

• Lower your chance of having a heart event in the future.
• Eat better to lose weight.
• Gaining more energy and strength will make it easier to do everyday things.
• Going back to work early

How does rehab work?

Step 1: Detailed Medical Assessment

Most of the time, your doctor will assess you thoroughly while you are still in the hospital after a procedure ( balloon stent procedure or surgery).)

Step 2: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing  & Physio Evaluation

You may get an exercise stress test to find out what your baseline physical ability is. The physiotherapists will also do their evaluation to make a customized rehab programme for you based on the results. This will help you set goals and targets for your recovery.

Step 3: Cardiac rehab at the Shanti Priya Physiotherapy Clinic

In the next 5 weeks, a cardiac rehab program will be set up at the Shanti Priya clinic following CPET. The programme will include exercise sessions led by a physiotherapist, a home exercise programme, dietary and lifestyle changes, stress management techniques, and ways to save energy.

Step 4: Repeat the test

Your doctor may schedule a second fitness test to measure your progress. During cardiac rehab, patients’ bodies modify how they use fat and carbs for fuel and respond to exercise.

If you need more details about this rehab program, get in touch with our Physiotherapists at Shanthi Priya Clinic.

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First, let us discuss some of the most common conditions associated with vestibular dysfunction.

1. BPPV

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is the most common condition associated with vestibular dysfunction. This condition makes your brain feel as if you are moving when you’re not. This is why you may feel dizziness or nausea.

2. Labyrinthitis

 The labyrinth is an inner structure of your ear which could be damaged from an inflammation caused by a bacterial infection. This may cause pain, mild loss of hearing and loss of balance. This could be cured by treating the infection.

3. Meniere’s Disease

This is usually caused by a severe build-up of fluid in your inner ear due to some virus, allergy or auto-immune reaction. This could create symptoms like vertigo, tinnitus, and a feeling of heaviness in the ear.

Some of the less common vestibular dysfunctions include Perilymphatic fistula, Vestibular neuritis, Acoustic neuroma and Vestibular migraine.

Shanti Priya Physiotherapy clinic provides some of the best available vestibular dysfunction treatment in Madurai. We believe in taking a comprehensive approach towards treating our patients. Some of the treatment we provide include:

1. Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy

This process is a combination of exercises to your head, body and eyes, which retrains your brain about how it perceives balance. With these exercises, one can train their body to overcome the symptoms of vestibular dysfunction quickly and effectively.

2. Surgery

Although taken as the lost resort, we at Shanti Priya believe in trying every avenue possible to provide the best possible treatment for our patients. We could perform small invasive surgeries to reposition the components of your inner ear to improve your vestibule functionality.

3. Canalith Repositioning Procedure

This is a highly complex procedure which involves making precise and patterned movements to reposition the ‘otoliths’ (calcium crystals) in your inner ear. This great reduces the symptoms associated with vestibular disorders.

Apart from these commonly used procedures, professionals at Shanti Priya also recommend proper diet, home-based exercises and right medication for vestibular dysfunction cure.

Your time of suffering from vestibular dysfunction and dizziness is over. Get in touch with Shanti Priya wellness centre today.

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