Exercises to Lower Blood Pressure

There are several different types of exercises to lower blood pressure. While all exercising has a positive effect on blood pressure, some types of exercise have a beneficial effect on blood pressure both from the standpoint of helping one's physical condition as well as helping one relax, which also can help lower blood pressure.

Regular exercise, whether of the intense or of the moderate sort, helps to lower blood pressure, in addition to having many other benefits. Exercise helps to keep one's weight under control, in addition to helping people lose weight who would like to have a healthy lifestyle. Whether you want to lose weight, lower your blood pressure, have higher muscle tone, or a more positive outlook, exercise can help you achieve all of these things. For this reason, even if exercising only lowers your blood pressure by ten points and you still have to take a blood pressure medicine to lower it to the level your doctor would like it to be at, exercising is still a worthwhile endeavor. Losing weight and being more relaxed on a daily basis, plus sleeping better, will all lower your blood pressure in the long term.

All forms of exercise have the potential to have an effect on your blood pressure. Some people have blood pressure that is only slightly on the high side because of a lifestyle high in stress or because of a sedentary lifestyle. Even if you are not overweight, a sedentary lifestyle will cause you to have higher blood pressure than you would have at the same weight, but with regular exercise. Exercise lowers your blood pressure in many different ways.

Exercise oxygenates your body because your muscles need oxygen to feed on during exercise. As you exercise, your body's muscles will require your body to step up circulation (and therefore oxygen circulation) in order to get the required oxygen to the muscles. This increase in blood circulation and oxygenation can have a positive effect on blood pressure.

Exercise also lowers your blood pressure by exercising your heart. The better condition your heart is in, the easier it is for your heart to effectively do its job of pumping blood through the body's vessels, organs and tissues. If your heart works essentially effortlessly because it is well-trained (as a result of cardiovascular exercise), you will observe that your blood pressure is lower than if your body had to struggle simply to supply blood/oxygen to the body.

In addition, exercise can lower your blood pressure by making you more relaxed, helping you sleep better at night and having a better outlook on life, with a reduced stress level. All of these are general benefits of exercising, which also have an effect on blood pressure.

Whether you walk, run, swim, bike, or do any other form of exercise, your blood pressure should be affected by it. Take care before beginning an exercise program. Check with your doctor before beginning. As always, exercise care while learning your body's limits and signals when you take up an exercise program after any period of sedentary living.

In addition to physical exercise, there are breathing and stretching techniques that you can adopt in order to help lower your blood pressure. Just like exercising relaxes you and lowers your blood pressure, so do stretching and breathing deeply. Deep breathing also oxygenates your body effectively, which can help lower your blood pressure.

Seated stretches in which you try to reach your toes with your hands, or in which you bend to one side or another are relaxing and beneficial to the digestive system. Any stretching that you do, when accompanied by slow, steady, breathing, will have a relaxing effect. Doing yoga several times a week is a great way to exercise, stretch and practice effective breathing all at once.

If you combine all of these types of exercises to lower blood pressure, you stand a good chance of either negating or reducing your need for prescription blood pressure medication. As always, discuss with your doctor before beginning or changing your weekly exercise plan.

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