According to a recent study of HCM patients, more than half of the patients surveyed did not participate in adequate physical activity due to complaints of pain, injury and disability.

The takeaway from this study is that for those with HCM, physical activity should be encouraged to the extent possible for each patient.

For more on exercise, see the AHA Guidelines for exercise on the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – HCM For Short page of this website and the HCM exercise program developed by Toronto’s Peter Munk Cardiac Centre listed at bottom of the Resources  page of this website.