Vascular Rehabilitation

PAD SET: Supervised Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease

When you face daily pain from claudication, pain caused by walking from PAD, affecting your legs (one sided or both), look to Cone Health for supervise exercise therapy that helps you improve your symptoms, prolong time to pain, and improve walking ability.

Ready to get started? Ask for a referral.

You’ll need a physician’s referral to participate in a Cone Health cardiac or pulmonary rehab program. For more information, talk to your doctor or call a location near you:

PAD Conditions That Benefit

Your doctor may recommend Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET) if you’re having pain while walking caused by known Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).

  • Symptomatic claudication with or without previous intervention
  • Having pain while walking from the buttocks, thighs and/or calves

Individualized For You

Partner with our rehab team to set goals and create a plan of care customized to your needs. At Cone Health, we start with an assessment of current needs and baseline walking. Staff will review your results to develop an individualized protocol after assessments. You’ll receive specialized attention and support from staff and your peers in our group classes.

How Vascular Rehab and Supervised Exercise Therapy Can Help You

  • Improve physical fitness and walking ability
  • Increase walking distance to claudication symptoms
  • Reduce risk and severity of comorbid diseases like cardiovascular disease
  • Potential to lower heart rate, blood pressure, and body weight
  • Increase knowledge of vascular disease, diet, and risk factors
  • Improved quality of life, self-confidence, and well being

What Happens in Supervised Exercise Therapy

You’ll attend supervised exercise therapy three times a week, or up to five days a week. 

  • Closely monitored exercise in a small group setting, primarily on a treadmill
  • Nutrition counseling is available
  • Education sessions on risk factor modification, exercise, and stress management
  • Tobacco cessation counseling

Multidisciplinary Team

Feel supported throughout the program by an interdisciplinary team of experienced professionals.

  • Exercise physiologists
  • Registered nurses
  • Registered dietitians
  • Respiratory therapists

Making Strides and Making Gains throughout Program

  • 12-week program with a goal to attend at least 3 days a week
  • Covered by your insuance
  • Helps you build confidence and walk better
  • Learn how to continue the success you built in rehab at home

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