treadmills for my mum who has icd

hello everybody, i am from turkey and i am new member of this website. My mum has icd and i wanna ask a question. My mother's half of heart was damaged and she is using ela 's icd.
She is a little fat and need to do sport. i wanna buy treadmill for her. However, all treadmills have electricty motor(engine). I want to know wether it is dangerous for her or not. Thank you so much...

6 Comments

all are ok

by Tracey_E - 2013-11-04 07:11:02

Motors are not a problem, only large magnets. Any treadmill is ok. If it has a built in heart rate monitor, she may find that it does not work.

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by Marie12 - 2013-11-04 07:11:38

I have an ICD and half of my heart was damaged from a heart attack. I use a treadmill almost daily. It is the key piece of equipment I use to try and improve my heart health. If she is carrying extra weight, then by all means go ahead and get her the treadmill.

Electric Motors & Pacemakers

by SMITTY - 2013-11-04 07:11:51

Welcome to the Pacemaker Club.

The electric motor on a treadmill will not harm your mother's pacemaker. Actually there are very few electric or electronic devices that will harm our pacemakers. Should she encounter one that does interfere with its operation it will feel as if she has very irregular heart beat. In such case get away from the device (2 or 3 meters) and the heart beat will return to normal in a few seconds with no harm done to the heart or the pacemaker.

Smitty

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by Grateful Heart - 2013-11-04 09:11:11

Like the others said, treadmills are fine. Just make sure your mom plans on using the type of machine you get.

For example, I find treadmills boring. I would rather walk or use an elliptical or stationary bike instead.

Grateful Heart

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by dad4dds - 2013-11-05 02:11:09

I have an ICD. I use a treadmill all the time. No issues.

thanks

by erginefe - 2013-11-05 03:11:30

Dear friends, i am glad about your responses. ı feel more relax to buy a treadmill for my mum... Thanks...

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