{"id":35288,"date":"2015-09-18T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T18:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\/marketing\/?page_id=35288"},"modified":"2022-09-08T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T16:21:34","slug":"massage-for-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/massagebook.com\/massage-therapy\/massage-for-high-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage for high blood pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like most adults, you&#8217;ve cruised right through middle age \u2013 and maybe beyond \u2013 before your physician rendered a jarring diagnosis: You have high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>While your physician may prescribe a medication to regulate your blood pressure, he or she also will likely recommend other strategies that can help lower your blood pressure. Don&#8217;t be surprised if getting regular massage for high blood pressure tops the list because massage has been proven to lower blood pressure. A growing body of scientific evidence points to its immediate and cumulative benefits.<\/p>\n<h3>High blood pressure is a\u00a0sobering condition<\/h3>\n<p>Massage is no longer strictly the domain of spas, health clubs, and luxury resorts. It&#8217;s being used in hospitals and rehabilitation centers across the country to complement\u00a0treatment programs for pain, injuries, and other issues and\u00a0diseases. There&#8217;s no way to sugar coat it: High blood pressure is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayo Clinic explains it in terms that any bewildered patient can appreciate: Blood pressure is determined\u00a0both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 70 million adults suffer from high blood pressure, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bloodpressure\/facts.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/bloodpressure\/facts.htm\">about one in every three, <\/a>according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But only about half of these people have the condition, also known as hypertension, under control.<\/p>\n<p>This might explain why blood pressure claims so many lives: It is listed as a primary or contributing cause in nearly 1,000 deaths a day, the CDC says. Chief among them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heart attack<\/li>\n<li>Heart failure<\/li>\n<li>Kidney disease<\/li>\n<li>Stroke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Massage for high\u00a0blood pressure<\/h3>\n<p>Massage provides more than\u00a0relief from stress; research continues to show that massage for high blood pressure is effective in lowering and controlling blood pressure.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The American Psychological Association credits psychologist Tiffany Field director of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/julaug02\/massage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.apa.org\/monitor\/julaug02\/massage.aspx\"> University of Miami Touch Research Institute<\/a> and a longtime researcher on the benefits of massage, saying\u00a0massage is \u201cproven to help hypertension by reducing diastolic blood pressure.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The study \u201cDurability of Effect of Massage Therapy on Blood Pressure,\u201d published in the International Journal of Preventive Medicine, concluded that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3733180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3733180\/\">\u201cmassage therapy was a safe, effective,<\/a> applicable and cost-effective intervention in controlling BP\u201d (blood pressure).<\/li>\n<li>Science Daily reported that massage therapist Arnold Kelly of the Outpatient Physical Therapy Clinic at the UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center touts both the immediate and long-term benefits of massage, especially because patients often experience \u201creduced tightness in the muscles, improved blood flow, and breathing, plus reduced anxiety and stress.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve taken a deep breath about your high blood pressure and understand how massage lowers blood pressure, you&#8217;ll want to\u00a0find a qualified massage therapist.<\/p>\n<p>MassageBook.com is\u00a0a national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directory of professional massage therapists<\/a> where you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\/search\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.massagebook.com\/search\">find highly rated\u00a0massage therapists<\/a> trained to help you with a number of conditions, including massage for high\u00a0blood pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like most adults, you&#8217;ve cruised right through middle age \u2013 and maybe beyond \u2013 before your physician rendered a jarring diagnosis: You have high blood pressure. While your physician may prescribe a medication to regulate your blood pressure, he or she also will likely recommend other strategies that can help lower your blood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massage for high blood pressure - Massage Therapy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Massage provides more than relief from stress; research continues to show that massage for high blood pressure is effective in lowering and controlling blood pressure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massage for high blood pressure - Massage Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Massage provides more than relief from stress; 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