Science shows that in most cases, mild physical activity helps — not hurts — when it comes to treating heart failure. Exercising with heart failure actually plays a key role in managing the condition and improving heart failure symptoms.
Cardiologist Dennis A. Goodman, MD, has six simple guidelines to exercise safely for patients with heart failure. For more tips on managing heart failure, here are eight healthy habits for living with heart failure.
Dr. Goodman is board-certified in cardiology, internal medicine, lipidology, integrative medicine, and cardiac CT. He is the director of integrative medicine at the NYU Langone Medical Center and a clinical professor of medicine at NYU.
References
Anderson, K, et al. (2014). Dose-response relationship of total and leisure time physical activity to risk of heart failure. Circulation.
National Jewish Health. (2016). Safe exercise for patients with heart disease.
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