Blood Pressure Reduction - Naturally

[ManjiB]

Disclaimer

This is not advice nor is it recommendation.
This is something that may be of interest and I imagine if you are reading this post it’s because you are interested. I am posting this, not as an expert nor as a promoter. I post this in the hope that it may benefit you if you choose to follow this advice.

I make no promises and I make no apology for posting this. It is my belief that if you wish to do as much as you can to enjoy a healthy lifestyle, be it before you have a stroke or after you’ve had a stroke, then you could do worse than spend a few minutes watching this video and then if you feel you could benefit from it, spending a few more minutes doing what is suggested in th video.

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Do This Every Day and if you do it might help to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally

Do This Every Day To Lower Blood Pressure Naturally

Background

I find natural ways to do things particularly interesting and I am anti-medications. This is a personal belief of mine and I am not suggesting you should do the same. I am sharing this in case it may be of interest.

Two hours ago, I went for a walk and I bumped into my neighbour (not literally) and we got talking (it’s nice to talk and it’s even nicer to talk to your neighbours)! The subject was not the weather for a change, but health and wellbeing. How are you? How’s your family etc? Then he happened to mention he has been BP (blood pressure) reducing medication for some time and he has happy that by following the advice of his nephew (who is a GP and who happens to be our GP) he might live to be 100

My neighbour went on to explain that his nephew had said to him “Uncle, you have a choice: you can take this BP lowering medication and you may live to be 100, or you can choose not to and you might not make it past 60”. Upon hearing this, I was not at all surprised since the GP is one I have had dealings with and indeed with other GPs from the same practice and I know a little from first hand dealings about how GPs go about testing for BP, diagnosing it and prescribing medication at the drop of a hat - some of you may have read my posts on the subject on this very forum.

As my neighbour was so happy, I did not want to burst his bubble and so I politely nodded and after while I carried on with my walk and he went home for his lunch.

When I got back, I was doing my usual browsing and watching YouTube and this video popped up. Of course it is music to my ears since it advocates reducing BP in 7 minutes (with various caveats) and I am happy to find a healthcare professional posting something like this, though of course he is not alone on this - there are others who share similar views.

A roundabout way of explaining how I came across this video and why I felt compelled to share it.

I have stated before that one of the reasons for me being a member of this wonderful community is to learn from it and also to share my experiences and views. Here I feel if even one individual benefits from reading this and benefiting from it, I will have achieved my goal. But even if no one benefits, at least I may have wasted a few minutes of their valuable time, time they will never get back and for that I make no apologies.

If anyone is interested, my BP readings are currently in the range 117/75 +/-

Tomorrow I am going for an AAA (curious? So am I )

Namaste|

[Scotia]

I’ve been doing mine since my stroke and I’m in a good range.

[ManjiB]

Pleased to hear it
Keep it up, you know it makes sense!!

[ben_mcfadden]

Amazing, looks good . ill look into it

[ManjiB]

The way I see it is that if we are looking to improve or just stay healthy then exercise and diet are probably two of the most important things that we have some control over. There is so much flexibility in both of these.

What this doctor is talking about is something I feel almost everyone can do. And before anyone says I can’t stand, it doesn’t just have to be these specific exercises - there are other equivalents for people with limited mobility etc.

You can do chair exercises, you can do exercises lying in bed etc. etc.

I wish you all the best.

[Evelyn12]

Hi thank you for this . I am also for doing things naturally without medication. But I am right side paralysed and wheelchair bound so I’m just doing exercises while sitting.

[ManjiB]

Hi @Evelyn12 - NIce to meet you and welcome to the forum.

I think I may have mentioned, these are just guidelines and in fact there are lots of exercises that can be done sitting in the chair and lying in bed. You should try to find something you can do and build on that. We can all do something that will benefit us - it’s just about movement.

Whatever movement you’ve got, you can strengthen those limbs. But also you can use the left hand to move the right hand and if you can stretch enough you can try to lift the leg as well. Start small and build up.

Also, you can get equipment that you can use. We got leg exerciser for Mum and she just sits in her wheelchair with her feet on the leg exerciser footrest and we just have it on for however long she can tolerate and what this does is it loosens the legs, gets the blood flowing.

One other thing we do is use a Revitive medic circulation booster. You may have seen it advertised on the TV and newspapers - Sir Ian Botham advertised it for many years and now Claire Balding have taken over.

The main thing is move, move and then move some more. It may sound daft but just doing a little every day will yield surprising results. Whilst you exercise, you will feel better - the endorphins kick in and you feel happy.

I am pleased you are doing exercises sitting down. I hope you get some physio to help you to get stronger so you can weight bear and then stand up and thereafter move. It’s just about keeping on going, pacing yourself and listening to your body. Your body tells you all you need to know

Welcome and hope your rehab continues onwards and upwards

Namaste|

[Lizzie22]

Thanks Manjib,

Found this really interesting and I will be giving it a go to help reduce my BP.

[Rups]

@ManjiB

The main thing is move, move and then move some more. It

And then have a bath because it too helps lower BP . While I was in hospital my BP was a little too low if anything. It has since normalised as far I can tell but I don’t check it, so I just assume it is.

[ManjiB]

Having a bath is a great tip. Sadly in this day and age when many people are throwing out their baths in favour of more fancy walk-in wet rooms or showers, I am not sure how many people have baths these days. Being a contrarian (I just like saying that, I am not sure I even know what that means ) I do have a bath and I will never ever get rid of it. And yes, I do enjoy a good soak with some bath salts, though I do say no to scented candles, but maybe I should try those too!

Wrt your BP - you don’t need to check it unless you have been told by your GP or you know you have a problem with the BP. Also, as we have discussed on this forum, and at least it has been my experience that the healthcare professionals are not very consistent with how they measure the BP. It was suggested to me on two occasions by my GP I needed to go on amlopidine as my BP was high! How was this done? On the back of one BP reading during which I had not been prepared as they advise you to do i.e. relax for 5 minutes before you take the reading, rest your hand at heart level, sit straight (I was leaning forward and stretching and the GP had put on the arm band with no relaxation time). She took just one reading and immediately prescribed tablets as the reading was 165/90 (or something like that - it’s documented when I posted on this originally). It turns out this is something called white coat syndrome and many people give “false” readings in GP surgeries or even hospitals - the same happened to me when I was sent for an ambulatory care appointment and the nurse said it’s OK, they need to take a reading for the record!!! I told her my BP at home is perfectly normal. Needless to say, I don’t take BP lowering meds (because I don’t have high BP).

Maybe we worry too much

[Rups]

@ManjiB

are throwing out their baths