The First Clinical Guide Confirms: Exercise is an Effective Medicine for a Broken Heart

SadaNews - Studies continue to link physical exercise with good health, but recently they have provided good news for those with a broken heart.

The First Global Clinical Trial

Doctors have discovered in the first global clinical trial that 12 weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy or a cardiac rehabilitation exercise program that includes swimming, cycling, and aerobic exercises have helped patients' hearts recover.

The achievement was announced at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology in Madrid, the largest global conference on heart diseases, according to the "Guardian" newspaper.

It became clear that hundreds of thousands of people around the world suffer from Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, known as broken heart syndrome, which causes a change in the shape of the heart muscle and sudden weakness.

This condition typically occurs as a result of severe psychological or physical stress, such as the loss of a loved one.

Symptoms resemble those of a heart attack, with a risk of early death.

While there is no curative treatment for this condition, the study acknowledged that exercise might be a solution.

Long-term Benefits

Dr. David Gamble, a clinical lecturer in cardiology at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, reported that the data showed cognitive behavioral therapy or exercise could assist patients on their road to recovery.

Moreover, the results indicated that these treatments could produce long-term benefits such as reducing symptoms and the risk of death for those suffering from broken heart syndrome, according to experts.