swimming

Hello Everyone,

I got paced (dual chamber) about 2 yrs back as i had Complete Congenital Heart Block . I have a question though.

Is it safe to learn swimming with the pacemaker. I did take some lessons, but i feel breathlessness later during the day.

kindly do advise if i should continue or stop.

kind regds
Raman

2 Comments

Keep on exercising

by Theknotguy - 2015-08-12 01:08:58

You'll want to keep on exercising. The breathlessness feeling later in the day can be caused by fatigued muscles. Swimming requires you to use many muscles in different ways. So while you may not necessarily feel tired, some of the smaller muscles are fatigued. With them being in the chest/torso area, fatigued muscles, shallow breaths, and you feel like you run out of air.

Went snorkeling with the wife. She was wiped out in about 15 minutes. I reverted to the float in the bathtub posture. Felt good when I quit. She was wiped out for two days. All that simply because she was unable to relax in the water.

If you're aware of what's going on, no reason to get excited. If you're too tired after the sessions, cut down the time until your body comes up to speed.

With the PM and heart problems, any exercise is better than none at all. It's really good that you're out doing something instead of being a couch potato.

Hope things continue to go well for you.

Continue !

by IAN MC - 2015-08-12 11:08:07

Hi Raman You have now had a pacemaker for 2 yrs and there is no reason for you not to swim . There is nothing special about swimming compared to other exercises.

Carry on with it and enjoy it !

The most common cause of breathlessness is not being fit, it is strange that you become breathless later in the day though; if this continues see your Dr to find out what is happening but don't give up the swimming !

Best of luck

Ian

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