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Patients in cardiac rehab program go from wheelchair to walking track in 12 weeks

Betty Berendzen works with a patient in the cardiac rehab program, taking his blood presure. (KRCG 13)

Capital Region Medical Center's cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs at the Sam B. Cook Healthplex are designedto help the patient live their life with all their heart.

And Betty Berendzen, a registered nurse and cardiac rehab supervisor with the program, said the progress she sees is incredible.

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"They come in in a wheelchair, they come in on a walker, they come in on oxygen and they graduate walking. And that is rewarding," Berendzen said.

Patients in the program have had heart attacks, undergone heart surgery or lung transplants, or experience regular chest pain.

The program requires a physician referral and is highly specialized.

"Each patient has an individualized treatment plan so their first day they do a 6-minute walk and then we base an exercise program on that," Berendzen said.

"You know we start slow and build up. We want them to graduate and be able to do 150 minutes of cardiovascular activity each week," she said.

The team of nurses and exercise specialists works side by side with the patients during the 12-week, EKG monitored program while they do exercises, stretches, and lots of walking.

"We do use the track at the Healthplex or the treadmills because we want people to walk. If you can't walk then we feel like you can't have your independence," Berendzen said.

"We have different stepping machines, just moving the legs working the leg muscles and then the arms, people think it's just the arm work but not really it opens up the cardiothoracic area and helps with breathing and helps with healing and that too," she said.

The general goal of the program is better heart health, but Berendzen said every patient has their own motivation to graduate.

"Whether it's to walk a 5K with family or to get down and do stuff with their grandkids and that sort of thing, or to get back to work. When they achieve that and see the light in their eyes it's just pretty rewarding," she said.

For more information about the program visit the Capital Region Medical Center website, crmc.org.

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