Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

At Sparta Community Hospital, we Believe in Better — better recovery, better support, and a better path forward for your health.

Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation is a comprehensive, medically supervised program designed for individuals with heart or lung conditions. Each plan is tailored to your unique needs and abilities, helping you build strength, improve endurance, and regain confidence.

Through exercise, education, and lifestyle coaching, participants learn how to better manage their condition and make lasting changes to support long-term heart and lung health.

• Exercise & Strength Training
• Diet & Nutrition Counseling
• Health Education Training
• Breathing Techniques
• Emotional Support

Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that includes a team of respiratory therapists, nurses, dieticians, social workers, fitness coordinators, providers, and other specialists — working together to personalize programs to help patients with:

• Enhancing and managing breathlessness
• Regaining strength, independence, and enhancing overall quality of life
• Improving the ability to perform daily tasks like chores, receiving mail, or spending time with loved ones
• Alleviating emotional stress, depression, and anxiety
• Decreasing the likelihood of hospitalization or emergency department visits

Cardiopulmonary Rehab patients are closely monitored by skilled staff during one-hour sessions, 2-3 times per week for 36 sessions. Breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen levels are tracked throughout. After completing the program, patients receive a free 1-month membership to The Center to continue building endurance.

• Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• ARDS Survivors
• Asthma
• Bronchiolitis Obliterans
• COVID with Persistent Symptoms
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Tuberculosis (History Of)
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Interstitial Fibrosis
• Kyphoscoliosis
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Disease
• Lung Transplant Status
• LAM
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Respiratory Disease Due to Obesity
• Sarcoidosis
• Ventilator Dependency

• Angina
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Coronary Angioplasty
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
• Coronary Stenting
• Heart & Lung Transplant
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Heart Transplant
• Valve Replacement (Aortic/Mitral)

• 1. Medical Offices should fax referrals/orders to 618-443-1350 (Phone: 618-443-2177, ext. 2185). Please include:
• • • Cardiac — past medical history, echoes, lab work, medication list, insurance information, and recent EKG.
    • Pulmonary — medical history, lab work, EKG, 6-minute walk study, insurance information, and pulmonary function test.
  • If the patient has an abnormal EKG or stress test, we will need cardiac clearance before entering pulmonary rehabilitation.
• 2. A team member will contact the referring provider to confirm receipt.
• 3. The patient’s benefits will be verified and required prior authorizations will be obtained. Providers outside of SCHD must provide proof of prior authorization.
• 4. The patient will be contacted to schedule an appointment.