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Hi Judi - This is what I was able to find on exercise on the patient site., which is http://www.a-fib.com/ It sounds like exercising is fine, but you need to monitor your heart rate. Exercise should help as it will stimulate your circulatory system and is good for your overall physical and mental health. See specifics below.
Please visit the sites I've provided and explore around a bit. There should be a lot of good information to help you in your daily life, and to also help you prepare for seeking the second opinion visit. I wish the best for you. Pat
"Can I exercise if I have Atrial Fibrillation? Should I exercise?
It's really a judgment call for you and your doctor whether or not you should exercise. In A-Fib when you first start exercising, your heart rate tends to be very rapid. Also, the A-Fib reduces your overall capacity to exercise, because your heart isn't pumping properly.25
These observations aside, if you can exercise without your heart rate becoming too rapid and you feel like exercising, you probably should. (In some types of A-Fib, moderate exercise may actually help you come out of an attack of A-Fib.)
If you want to monitor your heart rate while you exercise, you can wear a heart rate monitor (such as the Polar Heart Rate Monitor available in sporting goods stores. Nike and Garmin also make heart rate monitors). It straps around your chest and transmits your heart rate to a watch you wear. You can set it to sound an alarm if your pulse exceeds a certain rate.
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Hi Judi - This is what I was able to find on exercise on the patient site., which is http://www.a-fib.com/ It sounds like exercising is fine, but you need to monitor your heart rate. Exercise should help as it will stimulate your circulatory system and is good for your overall physical and mental health. See specifics below.
Please visit the sites I've provided and explore around a bit. There should be a lot of good information to help you in your daily life, and to also help you prepare for seeking the second opinion visit. I wish the best for you. Pat
"Can I exercise if I have Atrial Fibrillation? Should I exercise?
It's really a judgment call for you and your doctor whether or not you should exercise. In A-Fib when you first start exercising, your heart rate tends to be very rapid. Also, the A-Fib reduces your overall capacity to exercise, because your heart isn't pumping properly.25
January 7, 2011 - 8:52pmThese observations aside, if you can exercise without your heart rate becoming too rapid and you feel like exercising, you probably should. (In some types of A-Fib, moderate exercise may actually help you come out of an attack of A-Fib.)
If you want to monitor your heart rate while you exercise, you can wear a heart rate monitor (such as the Polar Heart Rate Monitor available in sporting goods stores. Nike and Garmin also make heart rate monitors). It straps around your chest and transmits your heart rate to a watch you wear. You can set it to sound an alarm if your pulse exceeds a certain rate.
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