Hypertension Exercises

Physical activity has an important part in treating and even preventing high blood pressure. It reduces high blood pressure risk for problems with your heart, kidneys, and other organs.

Consult with doctor about how much and what kinds of activity are safe. Unless the doctor tells you otherwise, try to get at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity on most or all days of the week. Do it at once or break it up into at least 10 minutes each.

Physical activity helps to lower pressure

• Lower blood glucose & blood pressure
• Lower chances of high cholesterol
• Lower the risk for heart disease and stroke
• Keep the heart and bones to be stronger
• Keep the joints flexible
• Lose weight
• Gain more energy
• Reduce stress levels

Suggested daily activities for Hypertension

• Walk while talk on the phone.
• Play with the kids and take dog for a walk.
• Cleaning the house, do gardening, watering plants, rake leaves, washing vehicle.
• Use stairs instead of the elevator or lift.
• Walk the most instead of using vehicles.
• At the office; walk to see the co-worker instead of calling or emailing.

High Blood Pressure Aerobic exercises

Aerobic exercise makes the heart beat faster and makes you breathe harder, thus lungs expand and energizes the whole body. Also aerobic exercises burns some extra calories thus help to lower weight which in turn helps lowering blood pressure. Doing aerobic exercise for 30 minutes a day in most of the days or all days of the week provides many benefits. If needed split up these 30 minutes of exercise into three brisk 10-minute each.

If new to exercise, then start slowly with 5 to 10 minutes a day and add a little more time each week, aiming for at least 2 to 3 hours per week.

Few aerobic exercises for Hypertension

• Brisk walking
• Climbing stairs
• Swimming or taking a water aerobics classes
• Dancing
• Riding bicycl, outdoors or indoors
• Taking an aerobics class
• Playing basketball, tennis or other sports
• Skating,
• Cross country skiing

Regular physical activity can lower High Blood Pressure and also reduce the risk for other health problems.