Cardiac Rehabilitation
Program Overview
The MVFHT Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is a secondary prevention program designed to help people recover from a cardiac event or other cardiac conditions, such as a heart attack, bypass surgery, valve repair, stable heart failure, and stable angina. The program is exercise-based and includes health education intended to help people with heart disease improve their heart health and fitness, while also reducing their risk future cardiac events through lasting lifestyle and behavior change.
Participants attend a supervised exercise class twice weekly at the Goderich YMCA for 6 months. There is no cost to the participate, but a referral is required from your provider or specialist.
Appointment Details
Please speak with your primary care provider to determine eligibility and initiate a referral to our Cardiac Rehabilitation team.
External Health Care Providers: Referral form (click for downloadable form)
Learn more about Heart Health:
Health Education: Cardiac Conditions
Health Education: Heart Failure
Heart &Stroke: Living Well with Heart Disease
University of Ottawa Heart Institute - HeartWise Webinars
Senior Adult Fitness Exercises (SAFE)
Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) – Heart Health Education Online Videos (Week 1 – 11)
Blood Pressure:
How to take your Blood Pressure
Healthy Eating & Living:
Exercises to do at home:
Exercises to Improve Balance (click image for video)
Exercises for Improving Core Stength (click image for video)
5 Exercises for Hip Stengthening (click image for video)
4 Exercises for Knee Stengthening (click image for video)
"After having a heart attack, your life feels like it went off the rails. The Cardiac Rehab is a great way by educating, and encouraging, and challenging you to get back on track. It is a safe space with people of all different levels, but come together for one reason - heart health." Cardiac Rehabiliation Graduate