Your Activity Guide After Heart Surgery - National Heart Centre Singapore

Find out how active you can be after your heart surgery with this video. Take precautions on how safely you can be active and move about even with small actions such as coughing or sneezing. How do you care for the wound? What are the precautions? What are you allowed to do? How do you take better care of yourself? Could you return to work? How hard should you exercise? What about patients with diabetes? Brought to you by Cardiac Physiotherapy Services at National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) For more heart-related patient education videos, please visit https://www.nhcs.com.sg/patient-care/... For more health tips, visit https://www.healthxchange.sg/heart-lungs Subscribe to SingHealth's YouTube channel today! https://www.youtube.com/user/Singapor... 0:00 Introduction 0:13 How do I care for the wound? 1:13 Caring for Your Wound 1:34 Splinting of Chest Wound 2:11 Getting Out of Bed 2:45 Getting In Bed 3:26 Use of Anti-Embolism Stockings 5:04 Safe Activities (First 2 Months) 5:32 Activities to Avoid (First 2 Months) 6:19 Benefits of Daily Exercise 6:44 3 PHASES OF EXERCISE 6:52 Warm Up Phase 7:15 Conditioning Phase 7:36 After Your Discharge 7:45 Cooling Down Phase 8:04 Important Information 8:45 When to Stop Exercise 9:03 How Hard Should You Exercise 10:27 Special Care For Patients with Diabetes 11:33 Exercise Guide