Abraham's crucial tips on prevention and recovery from Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

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you wont be disappointed if you guard your heart now…

Peripheral vascular disease or coronary artery disease is caused by the same atherosclerotic plaque that causes heart disease, as discussed in the one artery but may involve arteries in other areas as well. Some of the more commonly affected areas are the arteries in the legs, arms, kidneys and neck.

Further more, some patients and personal training clients may have both coronary artery decease and peripheral vascular disease.

The main objective of Abraham's fitness program Wave Physical Training is to improve general physical fitness, resulting in increased autonomy and quality of life for Peripheral Vascular Disease patients.

For beginners and in those with low levels of physical fitness, it is recommended to initially perform exercises that reach large muscle groups and that, as the training evolves, specific muscle groups are exercised.

You will start to feel better because you will se the dramatically improvement your walking ability, providing significant increase in initial walking distance and in total walking distance in muscle strength.

Furthermore your leg muscles will get stronger which will help your walking speed and your ability of climbing stairs, hiking and this will give you quality of life.

Guaranteed benefits of Abraham's cardiovascular exercise program for Peripheral Vascular Disease.

Cardiovascular exercise provide improvements in physical fitness and health in the elderly, as well as help to prevent and treat chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis.

What makes Wave Physical Training program different is is that is well oriented, it's a safe strategy that drastically improves both the cardiovascular system and the musculoskeletal system.

You may feel better and more energetic, than you have in a long time

Proven benefits of Abraham's resistance exercise program for Peripheral Vascular Disease

Most importantly, by reducing fat and gaining muscle mass, resistance training you will get encouraging effect on increasing lean body mass. The fact is that short term weight training (at least for 13 weeks) in healthy middle aged and older adults can facilitate increase blood flow and vascular conductance.

What does this means to you?

As the internal lining of the artery thickens from the atherosclerotic plaque, the blood vessel becomes increasingly constricted and blood flow diminishes. Therefore, the symptoms you may experience depend on what artier is affected and how severely the blood flow is reduced.

Some of the Peripheral Vascular Disease symptoms you may experience in the affected areas are:

* Claudication (dull, cramping pain in hips, thighs or calf muscles)

* Buttock pain

* Numbness or tingling in leg, foot or toes

* changes in skin color (pale, bluish or reddish discoloration)

* changes in skin temperatures; coolness

* ImpotenceInfection/sores that do not heal

* Ulceration or gangrene

* Uncontrolled hypertension

* Renal failure

* Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arms or legs

* Sudden confusion, trouble in speaking or understanding

* Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes

* Sudden trouble walking , dizziness, loss of balance

* Sudden severe headache with no known cause

You may be wondering…

how can I improve my heart's physical fitness?

Programs designed to improve physical fitness take into account frequency (how often), intensity (how hard), and time (how long). They provide the best conditioning.

My first choice for my personal training clients is the FIT Formula:

F = frequency (days per week)

I = intensity (how hard, e.g., easy, moderate, vigorous) or percent of heart rate

T = time (amount for each session or day)

What about moderate-intensity activities?

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Even moderate-intensity activities, when performed daily, can have some long-term health benefits. They help lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Here are some examples:

• Power walking for pleasure, gardening and yard work

• Energetic housework, dancing and prescribed home exercise

• Fun and essential recreational activities such as tennis, racquetball, soccer, basketball and touch football

Also shown is the fact that aerobic exercise can prevent deteriorating cardiovascular function.

So don't forget… Exercise significantly increased pain-free walking distance and maximum walking distance compared with usual care.

In short… One more time, Pain-Free Walking Distance!

Just look at this and learn how you can prevent or recover from Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

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7. Patient teaching Guide; Coronary Artery and Peripherial Vascular diseases. Abott, A promise for life.