Mobile Infirmary’s Operation BounceBack offers medically supervised
exercise, education, and counseling to patients with cardiovascular diseases.
The program assists them in leading productive and active lives. Operation
Bounce-Back is one of the 10 largest cardiac rehabilitation programs in
the United States and the first cardiac rehabilitation program in Alabama.
Patients of all ages and with many forms of heart disease benefit from
the program, particularly if your medical history includes:
Heart attack
Coronary artery disease
Heart failure
Chest pain (angina)
Cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease)
Certain congenital heart diseases
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Angioplasty and stents
Heart transplant
Heart valve replacements
Peripheral arterial disease
How the Program works
Bounce-Back patients attend three exercise sessions a week. Depending on
the prescribed routine, these sessions may include walking on an indoor
track, workouts in the exercise room, or supervised aquatics class. Patients
receive information on nutrition, smoking, stress, obesity, and other
risk factors.
Benefits of cardiac rehabilitation include:
Decreased blood pressure
Reduced shortness of breath and fatigue in people with heart failure
Increased endurance
Lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels
Decreased emotional stress, depression, and anxiety
Mark R. Crowell, MDPain ManagementInfirmary Eastern Shore 7101 US-90
