6 Exercises to Help Control High Blood Pressure6 Exercises to Help Control High Blood Pressure
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6 Exercises to Help Control High Blood Pressure

Hypertension is known as a silent killer, as there are often no symptoms until serious damage has been done. These exercises can help you control it.
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This is part 6 in Easy Exercises to Combat Chronic Disease

In this series, occupational therapist Kevin Shelley focuses on simple exercises to help manage common chronic diseases.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is perhaps the king of the silent killers. About half of us have it, though you may not know it unless you test for it.

I’ve seen countless patients in the clinic with alarmingly high blood pressure who appear perfectly normal and say they feel fine. I’ve also met plenty of people who are aware of their hypertension, but because they feel fine, they do nothing about it.