Patent ID: RE40401

Claim:
A therapeutic exercise program for treating a patient having an abnormal condition indicated by a maximum heart pulse rate that deviates from a normal maximum rate and a resting heart pulse rate that deviates from a normal resting rate whereby the heart rate range is compromised, the program being carried out by the steps of: A. continuously monitoring the heart pulse rate of the patient in the course of the program as the patient exercises; B. subjecting the patient to a series of exercise-relaxation cycles in which in the course of each cycle the exercising patient expends a surge of energy causing his pulse rate to reach a peak value above said resting heart rate to a degree that depends on the patient's physical state, at which point the patient then relaxes and his heart rate because of a pendulum effect induced in the patient's heart, swings down from the peak value to a point below said resting heart rate to produce a spiked heart wave; and C. continuing the program until the patient's maximum heart pulse rate and resting heart pulse rate approach those of an individual having a normal heart rate range and free from the abnormal condition.