Have you been curious about those two numbers in your blood pressure reading? It’s amazing that doctors emphasize the importance of those numbers, while we don’t have a clue as to what they mean.
These numbers symbolize how hard your blood is pushing against the walls of your arteries. Imagine how water builds up in a hose until it damages it, that’s how your blood can also damage your arteries and make you more prone to strokes and cardiac arrest. It always better to reduce blood pressure.
A blood pressure reading can look like this: 120/80 mmHg. The first number represents the systolic blood pressure, which is the pressure your blood exerts on your arteries when your heart beats. The second number represents the diastolic blood pressure, which is your blood pressure when your heart rests between beats. Maintaining a normal blood pressure will prevent stroke.
A blood pressure reading of 120/80 is considered normal. Most individuals have this blood pressure or slightly lower. Individuals with blood pressures slightly higher than 120/80 are considered prehypertensive, and doctors often start treating them to keep their blood pressures from escalating.
The diastolic blood pressure (the second number) has long been thought to contribute to hypertension and it’s succeeding medical concerns. Recent studies, however, have shown that a higher systolic blood pressure (the first number), may also cause a measure of risk, especially if a person is past the age of 50.
When your blood pressure reading is 140/90 or higher in two different sessions, then you have hypertension. If you don’t treat it immediately, then you are prone to several other medical conditions.
When it comes to bringing those numbers down, doctors often suggest life-changing, radical practices to their patients. They often ask their patients to stop smoking or drinking, start getting into a vigorous exercise program, or to change their diets drastically.
When they can’t cope with the doctor’s order (and they usually can’t), they lose any improvement on their blood pressure and get back into hypertension. In other words, hypertension can make a person’s life unpleasant.
But it doesn’t have to.
My Hypertension Program doesn’t require you to do any life-changing practices. The truth is, most of the exercises can be done while you go on about your day. Wouldn’t you want to be one of my customers who have successfully lowered their blood pressures for good?
So now that you know the meaning of those numbers, it’s much more satisfying to see them go down to 120/80 and stay there.
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