by Sallie Crawley | Jan 26, 2019 | Healthy Heart Living & Risk Reduction, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation
How long have you smoked? Being a smoker since the age of 14 it took my heart attack at 52 to make me decide once and for all to quit smoking. I had heard and read about some of the facts, the good reasons to quit, but it hadn’t made a difference until it happened to...
by Sallie Crawley | Jan 4, 2019 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Emotional Recovery & Mental Health
The next couple of activities come from my feeling good handbook. They are about how to help yourself and help others as you recover after a heart attack and stents. They are about how our shared experiences can boost the feel good factor in ourselves and the people...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 6, 2018 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help, Therapies
Many people experience anxiety and stress, along with depression following a serious health issue such as a heart attack. As part of rehabilitation the team may recommend managing stress as one of your risk factors. Using therapies and techniques such as Hypnosis, NLP...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 4, 2018 | Emotional Recovery & Mental Health, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Symptoms, Monitoring & Knowing When to Get Help
I have experienced fear and panic attacks! Even though I knew they were unreasonable I felt like I couldn’t control them. Do you feel the same? It’s not surprising as having a life changing event is a scary experience! In my case it was a heart attack, breast cancer...
by Sallie Crawley | Oct 3, 2018 | Confidence, Acceptance & Moving Forward, Physical Recovery & Cardiac Rehabilitation
Is it just bum, legs & abs that need exercise? Your heart is a muscle and like other muscles in your body it needs to be used to keep it strong and healthy too. Lack of regular exercise or activity makes it more likely that you will develop heart disease. Even if...
