Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab at Annie Penn

With cardiac or pulmonary rehabilitation at Annie Penn Hospital, you get supervised exercise, education and counseling. You will also receive the support of others as you work to improve your health and well-being. We are proud to offer top-notch rehab care here in the Rockingham County area and our nearby community. Our facility is easy to get to from parts of southern Virginia, including Danville, Virginia, and can be a good rehab choice for patients in that area.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac rehab at Annie Penn could be a good fit for you if you have just had cardiac surgery or have been diagnosed with a heart condition. Rehab can help you with strength, improve your health and prevent future cardiac health issues. Patients are eligible if they have had heart attacks, stents, valve replacements or repairs, CABG, heart transplants and heart failure, among other diagnoses.

Through rehab, you’ll also benefit from the encouragement of others going through rehab with you.

• Patients come three times a week for 12 weeks, on average (up to 36 sessions).
• Cardiac rehabilitation classes are capped at 12 people.
• Stress tests offered in cardiac stress lab as needed. 

Learn more about cardiac rehabilitation at Cone Health

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Pulmonary rehab at Annie Penn Hospital could be for you if you’re recovering from lung surgery or have an ongoing pulmonary condition. Common conditions include bronchitis, emphysema, COPD, long COVID, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, lung transplant and many others.  

• Patients come twice a week for 18 weeks, on average (up to 36 sessions).
• Pulmonary rehab classes are capped are capped at eight people.

Learn more about pulmonary rehabilitation at Cone Health

Your First Visit

Before your rehab journey with us officially starts, your first visit will be an orientation.

This takes about 90 minutes and will help set you up for success during your time with us. You will meet one on one with a care team member to talk about your goals and your well-being, and they will review your patient questionnaire with you.

This is a great time for you as the patient to talk about health or psychosocial concerns. You will then work with an exercise physiologist to do a physical assessment, which includes a six-minute walk test, flexibility test, grip strength test and body mass measurements.

Before this orientation visit, a care team members will contact you to get a medication list and medical history to create a patient profile for you.

Additional Resources

We can make referrals to a dietician if any patient wants one-on-one nutrition advice. We can also make referrals to vocational rehab, and we can set patients up with our chaplain for advanced care planning if they are interested in that service.

We also offer educational courses for both our cardiac and pulmonary rehab patients. Education topics include:

Cardiac Rehab Education: nutrition, stress, relaxation, hypertension, heart failure, stopping smoking, intimacy and heart disease, anatomy of the heart, medications, strokes and angina

Pulmonary Rehab Education: nutrition, stress, relaxation, oxygen, anatomy, energy conservation, breathing techniques, preventing respiratory infections, cleaning respiratory equipment, medications/inhalers and environmental irritants.

Forever Fit Maintenance Program

When you’ve finished your rehab sessions, we would love to offer you access to our facility to help you keep your health and fitness in a safe, friendly place with the Annie Penn team and fellow patients. We have people who have been with us in the Forever Fit program for years after their rehab ended!

To take part in the Forever Fit Maintenance Program, you will need a doctor’s order. The cost to be part of the program twice a week is $34/month, and three times a week is $47/month. We also offer couples’ discounts for this program!

Contact us for more information on Forever Fit at (336) 951-4837.

Transportation

If you live in Rockingham County and need transportation to and/or from rehab, you can reach out to Aging, Disability and Transit Services of Rockingham County for help with rides to your rehab appointments.

Insurance Coverage/Payment Information

Annie Penn Hospital works with most major health insurance carriers. Before your rehab, we recommend contacting your insurance company to make sure that Annie Penn Hospital/Cone Health and your rehab are included in your network coverage. Your insurance company  can also let you know about any co-payment or deductibles that will be related to your rehab.

We also offer a tool to help you estimate the charges you will be responsible for when it comes to your rehabilitation. Access that tool here.