 When doctors take your blood pressure, they're measuring how hard your blood pushes against your arteries and veins as it moves around your body. Your blood pressure may rise and fall slightly throughout the day and night. But when it stays up, it's called high blood pressure or hypertension.
If you have high blood pressure you probably won't feel ill or have any symptoms. But high blood pressure increases your chances of having a heart attack or stroke. It can also lead to kidney disease and heart failure.
The good news is that there are many things you can do to lower your blood pressure. These may include a healthier diet, exercise or medicines.
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How can Relaxation for Living help? |
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Relaxation for Living's simple muscle relaxing and breathing exercises will lower your level of anxiety and arousal and help keep your blood pressure under control. This in turn can reduce the need for drugs to control the condition. So,
If you find yourself becoming angry, feeling uptight, ready to blow your top - try the WASP technique
Check for tension in your body throughout the day, don’t allow it to build up – see Standing Posture and Sitting Posture
Practise the relaxation exercises to reduce muscle tension
Check out your Mental Attitudes, don’t build up pressure
Learn to recognise the Symptoms of stress so you can take action.
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