Physiotherapists are experts in programming of physical activity for the prevention, healing and recovery from cardiovascular disease.

Madrid, may 2012.- The vowel of the General Council of physiotherapists schools of Spain (CGCFE), Alicia Quintana, has pointed out, on the occasion of the world hypertension day, which was held last Thursday 17, physiotherapists are experts in physical activity and therapeutic exercise aimed at prevention programminghealing and recovery from cardiovascular disease.

High blood pressure is a health problem that affects more than 40% of the population and one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accidents, heart failure, among others.

According explained Quintana, a proper, low salt diet, loss of excess weight and the frequent realization of physical exercise are essential for the proper control of blood pressure.

It has thus stressed the importance that, to deal with a chronic illness, aware the patient that has to change their habits of life altogether, in addition to complement these with medication antihypertensive that your doctor recommends. If this does not lead to the necessary rigour, the patient could suffer a serious cardiovascular complication ”, has stressed the vowel of the CGCFE.

In this way, it has insisted that the exercise, particularly aerobic conditioning, is one of the key interventions to prevent death and disability generated by cardiovascular diseases. In this line, he said, physiotherapists are experts in programming of physical activity and therapeutic exercise aimed at prevention, healing and recovery from disease.

Those people who suffer from cardiovascular diseases can benefit from service of physiotherapists to return to everyday activity ”, has argued that the physiotherapist acts within a multidisciplinary team which deals and deals with cardiovascular disease at all stages of the disease, from prevention, to the restoration of health and treatment physiotherapy when pathology has developed, as in the case of stroke or heart disease.

A cardiovascular prevention program, has completed Quintana, assumed the psycho physical and functional of an individual restoration, posed by cardiovascular disorders, where the restoration is planned and directed by a team of health. The programme should include education to the patient and the family, strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk factors, psychological support, and prescription of exercise, among others.

CGCFE

The General Council of physiotherapists schools of Spain (CGCFE) is the body representing more than 40,000 physiotherapists, Spain, working with the common goal of promoting the health of citizens. In addition, orders the profession, guardianship the interests of physiotherapy, as well as its optimal implementation and universalization.

Physiotherapists are health professionals, as provided for in the existing legislation, accredited with the University degree in physiotherapy, taught in 43 universities and possessors of knowledge and skills designed to benefit the health of the population. Furthermore, there is a greater number of doctorates and mastersthat ensure their high qualifications