HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION)

What is High Blood Pressure? The heart is a pump designed to force blood through our body. Blood is pumped from the heart through the arteries out to our muscles and organs. Pumps work by generating pressure. Put simply, too much pressure puts a strain on the arteries and on the heart itself. This can cause an artery to rupture or the heart to fail under the strain - in the worst case stopping altogether.

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Blood pressure depends on a combination of two factors:

- how forcefully the heart pumps blood around the body
- how narrowed or relaxed your arteries are.

High Blood Pressure occurs when blood is forced through the arteries at an increased pressure. Around 10 million people in the UK have high blood pressure - that's one in five of us.

High Blood Pressure causes risk to damage of the arteries, heart and kidneys, particularly when associated with Arterial Sclerosis which causes poorer blood circulation.

Client reported benefits for High Blood Pressure include:

• Reducing stress and tension.

Medical research on the benefits of Massage for High Blood Pressure:
Massage therapy decreased diastolic blood pressure, anxiety and cortisol (stress hormone) levels in adults with hypertension (High Blood Pressure). Hernandez-Reif, M., Field, T., Krasnegor, J., Theakston, H., Hossain, Z., & Burman, I. (2000). High blood pressure and associated symptoms were reduced by massage therapy. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 4, 31-38.

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To see if you can receive similar or possibly even better results why not take us up on our offer of a free in-home demonstration.

Remember you have nothing to lose but your pain and just like many of our current clients in the years to come you could be reporting back to us your improved quality of life