EXERCISE FOR BLOOD PRESSURE

According to survey conducted by Centers of Disease and Prevention, more than one-half American adults don't get enough exercise. The 20-25 percent population are not active at all. Each year hundreds of people die because of physical inactivity and unhealthy eating habits. Excess weight around your waist does no good to your health. Excess weight in high blood pressure adds more risk to you and can lead to heart and other diseases. Introducing 30 minutes to 1 hour of exercise in a day can do wonders for your body. Not only it makes your body healthy but also adds more days, months to your life.

It does not have to be in one session. The exercise schedule can be spread across the day. All it needs commitment to follow exercise plan. Please visit Doctor for advice on exercise which are best for your body. Depending upon your health and body condition exercise will vary. Those who are not physically active should start with normal walking and later move to more intense exercises such as aerobics, swimming and brisk walking. Stretching before starting any exercise is always good thing to do. It helps body to warm-up and later when you do any exercise even walking it will have better effect on the body. Stretching also opens the joints so that you can walk freely without feeling any muscle or joint related issues. Please be careful in doing stretching over bending can also hurt your back.

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Blood Pressure Readings

High Blood Pressure

The high blood pressure in medical term is called hypertension, which means high pressure in the arteries. As you know arteries are vessels and job of arteries is to carry blood from the heart to all organs of the body.

Our heart is working round the clock pumping blood in and out of heart. The normal blood pressure is considered when you have Systolic reading below 120 and Diastolic reading below 80 (120/80).

The combination of both numbers gives us blood pressure of body. The top number is Systolic blood pressure and it corresponds to the pressure in the arteries as the heart contracts and pumps blood forward into the arteries. The Systolic pressure reflects the highest pressure to which the arteries are exposed. The bottom number is Diastolic pressure and it corresponds to the pressure in the arteries as the heart takes break after the contraction. The diastolic pressure reflects the lowest pressure to which the arteries are exposed.

Our blood pressure varies throughout the day by exercise, tension, sleep or walking. Any spike in Systolic or Diastolic blood pressure increases chance of heart failure. This can also lead to other diseases such as kidney (renal), arteries getting hardened, blood coming out of eye (vision damage) or brain damage. Considering the affects of high blood pressure or hypertension, it becomes very important to monitor your blood pressure. This will help to diagnose blood pressure problem in early stage and every effort can be made to normalize blood pressure and prevent complications related to hypertension.

what is high Blood Pressure

What can cause High Blood Pressure

1. Heart failure can happen due to bigger heart.
2. Small bulges get formed in blood vessels; the common place to form is arteries, which take blood out from heart, or arteries in legs, brain and to other organs in body.
3. Shrinking of blood vessels.
4. The eyes can bleed or burst, which may lead to vision damage.

Blood Pressure range

Below 120 Below 80 Normal Blood Pressure (Adopt a healthy lifestyle)


120 - 139 80 - 89 Prehypertension (Adopt a healthy lifestyle )


140 - 159 90 - 99 Stage 1 hypertension (Adopt a healthy lifestyle Medication Required )


Above 160 Above 100 Stage 2 hypertension (Adopt a healthy lifestyle Medication Required)

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