It can be challenging for children with heart disease to know how to exercise safely. Our expert team helps young people with all kinds of heart disease develop safe and healthy exercise habits. Our goal is to empower your child to participate in physical activity and exercise that improves their heart health, motor skills and mindset to boost their physical and mental fitness.

Our care at Children's Health℠ often begins with an evaluation and exercise testing to assess your child's current fitness level. This information helps our exercise cardiologist work with your child on an exercise training plan that can best help them. This plan may include the Cardiac Fitness Program, the only one of its kind in Texas. This program offers medically supervised exercise training that helps your child gain the skills they need for safe, healthy and fun exercise.

At the Pediatric Exercise and Sports Cardiology Program, we work with children age 8 and older who have any kind of heart condition. Our care is especially helpful for children who are preparing for or recovering from a minimally invasive heart procedure or heart surgery – even after a heart transplant. The program can benefit children who:

• Need more physical activity and exercise

• Have physical challenges due to long-term illness

• Need education and confidence-building for safe, effective exercise