Understanding Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood in the arteries. When the heart muscle contracts, it creates the blood pressure. Measuring the blood pressure makes use of its systolic and diastolic pressures. Calculation of the systolic pressure refers heart’s contraction at its highest. While diastolic pressure refers heart’s contraction at its lowest.

You would know a person’s blood pressure when you measure or calculate the pressure on a person’s upper arm. The upper arm holds the major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. Expressing a person’s BP is by means of millimeters of mercury. The average blood pressure of a one-year-old kid is 95/65, while children from six to 9 years have an average BP of 100/65. Adults have an average of 110/65- 140/90.

Many people do not know about the importance of exercise that is why most often than not they are prone to diseases and ailments. They neglect this fact especially children and teenagers because they are busy doing their stuff. However, when they grow older and when ailments hit them, they became busy starting to exercise but it is already too late for their body to still adjust.

Exercise or physical activity is very important for controlling one’s blood pressure. If you have a healthy mass and a healthy heart, definitely you will be free from any forms of heart diseases like hypertension or the elevation of the blood pressure. Exercise also keeps you away from stress and it makes your heart strong. If you exercise daily, you will have a strong metabolism thus you will also have a strong immune system.

There are many physical activities that one should begin trying in order to have a healthy heart and body. Actually, even walking everyday is a very good exercise already and it is very good for the heart. Climbing the stairs is also a very good activity that can strengthen your body, so when going to the malls, you can opt to take the stairs rather than ride the elevator or escalator.

Jogging regularly or engaging in bike riding is also very good. These exercises can lower the risk of hypertension. Nevertheless, if you are going to start these exercises, you need to do it daily and there is no point in stopping. The road to success is patience.

Eating healthy can also be a very big factor in lowering your blood pressure and reducing the risks of having heart diseases or ailments. One should also regularly visit the doctor for check ups and healthy advices.

Prevention is always better than cure, if you want to have a healthy heart and body, start exercising now. Do not wait until it is too late for you to start over and what you can do is just visit the gym and make people guide you in everything that you want to do. That will just make you a big nuisance to others or a problem person to others. If you want to have a healthy body and maintain a normal blood pressure, you need to help yourself. Influencing others would also be a very good deed.