Forth Valley Cardiac Rehab

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Forth Valley Cardiac Rehab Team!💘

Here are our top 10 “Hearty” Songs.

What are your suggestions and recommendations??

❤ “Hungry Heart” by Bruce Springsteen
❤ “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley
❤ “Beating Heart” by Ellie Goulding
❤ “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
❤ "Heartbeat Song” by Kelly Clarkson
❤ "Heart’s on Fire” by Passenger
❤ “Bonfire Heart” by James Blunt
❤ “Alive and Kicking” Simple Minds
❤ “Achy Breaky Heart” – Billy Rae Cyrus
❤ “A good Heart” - Feargal Sharkey

11/02/2025

For Cardiac Rehab Awareness Week Day two we had a look back at some of our patient feedback from August – October 2024.
Patients were asked about the benefits of attending the face to face exercise class? ❤

Here’s what our Forth Valley patients had to say...

👩‍⚕️Staff Support - “Excellent support and encouragement from staff which is particularly required following life changing challenges. there are lots of opportunities to ask any questions you may have.”

💪Motivation - “Regular structured classes helped keep me motivated”

😎Confidence - “The classes gave me the confidence to exercise again after my heart attack in a safe environment.”

😁Social - “Being in amongst others who have suffered heart issues, seeing they struggle too at times, being able to chat with them and know I am not alone.”

🧠Mental Health - “As well as helping physical recovery and health I also feel the classes have had a massive benefit to my mental health in accepting, understanding, and coming to terms with what’s happened.”

🏃‍♂️Physical Function – “I feel like my fitness, movement, coordination and balance has significantly improved since attending the classes.”

10/02/2025

❤️ It's National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week ❤️
The week aims to draw attention to the role of cardiac rehabilitation in reducing the harmful effects of heart disease. Cardiac rehabilitation combines a variety of activities like exercise, education, nutrition, and more to help those with heart conditions. We would love to hear your experiences of Cardiac Rehabilitation 😍.

20/12/2024

The Cardiac Rehabilitation team wishes you all a happy Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year ❤🎅🎄
All our face to face exercise classes will resume the week beginning 6th January 2025 🤸
Have a lovely festive period 🎄🎅☃️🎇

11/11/2024

On Friday the Cardiac Rehabilitation team attended our Annual National conference CRIGS in Edinburgh. It was an opportunity for the whole team to update their clinical knowledge and skills to enhance our service.

Kirsty our Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in Heart Failure gave an update on the British Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.

Morgan, our band 5 Physiotherapist submitted a poster on The Impact of having a Band 5 Physiotherapist in Cardiac Rehabilitation. All her hard work paid off and she won the prize for the best poster! Well done Morgan!🎉

It was a very informative and enjoyable day of learning.🥰

05/11/2024

It's the start of a new month. What will you be doing this month 🚶🌲🤸🥗😍

01/11/2024

Well done Hazel and Active Forth class!!

01/11/2024

Think the Forth Valley Cardiac Rehab Team may have to up their game for next Halloween 🧹👻🧙‍♀️
Well done to Hazel and her Active Forth class on a 'thrilling' exercise class in Bo'ness Town Hall 💚 Looks a lot of fun🥰

29/10/2024

🌍It's World Stroke Day today 🌎
❤ CHSS have launched their new campaign -Think F.A.S.T
Face, Arm, Speech, Time ❤

Today is and has launched their new FAST campaign to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of a stroke.

Acting FAST can make all the difference and save a life.

Learn to spot the symptoms: FACE, ARM, SPEECH, TIME. Every second counts.


➡ http://www.chss.org.uk/fast

22/10/2024

Congratulations to Dr Sheila Reith CBE on The Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement award 🎉🏆😍 A very well deserved award on all her hard work to improve the treatment and quality of life for people living with diabetes ❤

Introducing your The Pride of Britain Awards Lifetime Achievement award-winner, Dr Sheila Reith CBE 🏆

We're so excited to see Sheila’s incredible legacy celebrated including her work to develop the world’s first insulin pen 👏

We’re so proud to have funded her research. A true feat of teamwork alongside Dr John Ireland and Dr John Paton, which has changed millions of lives of people with diabetes.

So, we’d like to invite you to join us in celebrating Sheila, and her fantastic team of researchers 💙

📺 Tune in on ITV1 at 8pm Thursday 24th October to watch the ceremony

https://orlo.uk/SheilaReithPOB_yy5K6

18/10/2024

❤️ It is World Menopause day ❤️

Before the menopause, women in general have a lower risk of being affected by coronary heart disease. But after the menopause, your risk increases.

The BHF have excellent resources for women and heart disease.
Click on the link below ⬇️ to find out more about menopause and heart disease.

Find out why the menopause increases your risk of heart and circulatory conditions, and what you can do to lower your risk and help with menopausal symptoms like heart palpitations.

14/10/2024

Today is Allied Health Professional’s Day! It is a day for celebrating all our fantastic AHP’s in the NHS and the work they do.

Today a special mention to the physiotherapists in the Cardiac Rehabilitation team and Heart Function team on national AHP day.

Helping to and .

Together with our fabulous nurses we make a great team!!