Question

In 100 words or more, please explain how isometric exercises can be beneficial for a patient who is diagnosed with arterial insufficiency and be beneficial for a patient who is diagnosed with venous insufficiency.

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Answer 1

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common vascular disease that reduces blood flow capacity to the legs of patients. PAD leads to exercise intolerance that can progress in severity to greatly limit mobility, and in advanced cases leads to frank ischemia with pain at rest. Treatment include exercise. Virtually all studies that have evaluated the impact of exercise training in patients with PAD have demonstrated a benefit in exercise tolerance. It improve oxygen supply to all body parts hence blood supply also increased. The same effect is on peripheral venous insufficiency .