As you've probably realized I like to keep abreast of all things relating to hypertension. It's a subject rather close to my heart.
This article covers one area of blood pressure reduction that you alone can affect.
Anybody can be effected by stress, no matter what age or what job you do. It has been suggested that you have twice the risk for high blood pressure if you are anxious or don't cope well with stressful situations. It is interesting to note that stress seems to impact blood pressure more in men than women do, so guys you need to listen up.
There is good and bad stress. Stress can be exciting and exhilarating like when you're on taking part in a fast paced competitive sport. Your 'happy chemicals' increase and causing what's known as good stress. Bad stress, the stress we place on ourselves through worrying over work or relationships have negative impacts on our bodies.
We all have a natural fight or flight instinct - useful when we were hunting large animals for food and it was kill or get eaten. We still retain these instincts but they're transposed to non-life threatening events like confrontations at work, where we are unable to do anything about the physical effects of stress. Running away or harming your work colleagues is not an option, so the pressure builds, quite literally.
Implementing relaxation techniques can help reduce the effect stress has on your cardiovascular system. Research has found that breathing exercise and meditation help to control high blood pressure, and might even prevent it in the first place.
Next time we'll look at the how exercise can help lower high blood pressure.
This article covers one area of blood pressure reduction that you alone can affect.
Anybody can be effected by stress, no matter what age or what job you do. It has been suggested that you have twice the risk for high blood pressure if you are anxious or don't cope well with stressful situations. It is interesting to note that stress seems to impact blood pressure more in men than women do, so guys you need to listen up.
There is good and bad stress. Stress can be exciting and exhilarating like when you're on taking part in a fast paced competitive sport. Your 'happy chemicals' increase and causing what's known as good stress. Bad stress, the stress we place on ourselves through worrying over work or relationships have negative impacts on our bodies.
We all have a natural fight or flight instinct - useful when we were hunting large animals for food and it was kill or get eaten. We still retain these instincts but they're transposed to non-life threatening events like confrontations at work, where we are unable to do anything about the physical effects of stress. Running away or harming your work colleagues is not an option, so the pressure builds, quite literally.
Implementing relaxation techniques can help reduce the effect stress has on your cardiovascular system. Research has found that breathing exercise and meditation help to control high blood pressure, and might even prevent it in the first place.
Next time we'll look at the how exercise can help lower high blood pressure.
