Reducing Your Blood Pressure Through Exercise

Blood pressure is defined as the amount of pressure exerted by blood on blood vessel walls as it passes through the vessel.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, causes the heart to do extra work in order to pump blood throughout a person’s body and is a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease such as stroke, heart failure, angina, renal failure, and myocardial infarction or heart attack. The recommendations for exercise for those with mild hypertension are generally the same as those for healthy adults. Read more