Heart Disease
Heart to Heart
Handling Stress
| Catalog #: | HA-43 |
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| Duration: | 12 minutes |
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| Language(s): | English |
Summary
Give your cardiac patients a quick start on making the lifestyle changes they need to make with this new six-part video series. Hosted by Murray Rubin (himself a cardiac patient), "Heart to Heart" tapes feature real cardiac patients in unrehearsed interviews. Special package price for entire series (Call 800-432-8433).
Details
This is one of a six part series of programs aimed at helping heart attack survivors make necessary lifestyle changes. It is made up of interviews with actual patients from across the United States and is hosted by Murray Rubin, himself a heart attack survivor.
Dealing effectively with stress is a critical part of recovery:
- body releases hormones when under stress
- hormones raise blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar
Stress is inevitable, it effects you and your family. Not all stress is bad - the goal should be to control, not eliminate it.
Key to handling stress is to find better ways to deal with it, some suggestions are:
- exercise
- meditation
- yoga, deep breathing, and meditation
- deep breathing
Lifestyle changes:
- eliminate having to rush, leave early
- reading for relaxation
- find a quiet spot and relax
- if you don't get something done today it will still be there tomorrow
- get out and do things with other people
- career change can reduce stress



