<< signs that say, "do not ride this ride if you are pregnant or have a heart condition," >>
My impression is that usually when they have those signs they generally refer to people with "heart disease," i.e., coronary artery disease, the folks who are at risk for heart attacks, strokes, etc. They don't want the liability if you go up on the roller coaster & keel over.
I have some of the same issues when going to a spa. I go with a couple of friends every few months to a spa in Calistoga, a town near San Francisco where they have thermal springs. The complete treatment is an hour divided between hot mud bath, whirlpool (which you can set individually for temperature), steam bath, and blanket wrap; followed by an hour massage. They advise you not to do the mudbath if you have high blood pressure. I stopped doing the mudbath when I was diagnosed with high BP even tho' it was under control with meds. I stopped the other treatments after the invasive cardiologist who did my cardiac cath advised me to -- the last time I went up with my friends, I just had the massage.
Our next outing up there is due in June and I am not sure how to proceed. With a repaired valve, no leakage, I have trouble thinking of myself as having a "heart condition" any more. But maybe I'll spend the hour I'd be having the treatments exercising in the fitness room instead, and then have the massage.
