Chronic Diseases

SUPER EFFECTIVE RELAXATION TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

DEFINITION OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Our arteries carry blood from our heart to the rest of our body. When our blood flows through our arteries at a higher pressure than normal, it results in a condition called ‘High Blood Pressure’ (also named ‘Hypertension’).According to medical standards a normal blood pressure stands at a reading of about 120/80. High blood pressure is 140/90 or sometimes higher.

THE CAUSES
High blood pressure is mainly cause by obesity and lack of regular exercise; some are cause by family medical history, stressful and sedentary lifestyle and poor eating style.

SYMPTOMS AND RISKS

• Unfortunately the signs and symptoms of high blood pressure stay unnoticed in most cases. However certain experiences like shortness of breath, headache, blurred vision and dizziness may indicate a rise in blood pressure. Some symptoms of anxiety shared the same with high blodd pressure.
• Some other risk factors for high blood pressure leading to hypertension are excessive intake of sodium in diet, aging, diabetes, certain kidney diseases and atherosclerosis (thickening and hardening of the arteries).
• High blood pressure are common in pregnancy, the mother should always be relax all the time.
• High BP can also give rise to severe complications like stroke and heart attack (because of weakened blood vessels, causing aneurysm). Hypertension may also lead to loss of vision and disturbed metabolic syndrome.
• The kidney will be damaged by the weakening blood vessels that cause high blood pressure.

SOME COMMON RELAXATION TECHNQIUES
Relaxation techniques are used by doctors and psychotherapists to reduce blood pressure, however, you can check yourself and prevent the blood pressure from rising using the same relaxation techniques. When you relax and focus on part of your body, calm your mind with relaxed muscles towards your whole body, your blood pressure will certainly goes down dramatically.

Effective relaxation techniques that reduce blood pressure:

• Ocean, Wind and Stream Sound with Music
• Regular Exercise to relax the muscle and help blood regulation
• Yoga
• Hypnosis
• Tuina
• Meditation

Many relaxation techniques are very effective to reduce blood pressure, below are some of the less common relaxation techniques. What really important is the methods are to be practiced regularly without fail. Let’s look at some recent and upcoming methods.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation. This is a form of relaxation technique where you need to slowly focus on getting each muscle group focused and then relaxed. Start by tensing and then relaxing the muscles in your toes and slowly work upwards to your neck and head. Use a minimum of least five seconds to tense your muscles, and then relax for 30 seconds, before you repeat the entire set. This exercise is very helpful in making you aware of physical sensations by learning to realize the difference between muscle tension and relaxation.

Visual Relaxation- This amazing relaxation technique to reduce blood pressure teaches you to visualize mental images of a peaceful and calm situation or place. Try to exercise as many of your senses as you can- sounds, sights, textures and smells. The best way to do this would be to sit at a quiet and calm place, wearing loose cotton clothing. You should be able to close your eyes and focus on the peaceful visions for optimum effect.

Autogenic Relax Technique. Autogenic relaxation is a way of combining yoga and meditation with progressive relaxation techniques. Practitioner will sit on a meditation posture and start to relax the body part by part from toe to head or head to toe. Before starting, the practitioner will imagine the relaxing and clam environment, using all sense to create a picture, smell, sound and any kind of relaxation elements.  Next, the practitioner will use hypnotic self help wording, such as “feeling the arms relax and warm”, read it repeating in the mind and activate the sense and feelings of relax and warm to the arm. Do the same to each part of the body, and repeat them until you feel extreme relaxing.

OVERVIEW
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can damage the arteries. It can give rise to complications such as stroke and heart attack. Practicing relaxation techniques to reduce blood pressure help you to maintain mental, physical, and emotional health. If your blood pressure are cause by pressure and anxiety, feel free to visit our website: Complementary Natural Herbal Treatment for Anxiety and stress.