Battling High Blood Pressure? Adding Yoga to Your Workout Might Help

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter

Adding a littleyogato anexercise例程可以修复需要有人下降high blood pressure, a small study suggests.

“As observed in several studies, we recommend that patients try to findexerciseandstressrelief for the management ofhypertension[high blood pressure] andcardiovascular diseasein whatever form they find most appealing,” said Dr. Paul Poirier, of the Quebec心and Lung Institute — Laval University in Quebec, Canada.

“Our study shows that structuredyogapractices can be a healthier addition toaerobic exercisethan simply muscle stretching,” he said.

The findings were published Dec. 8 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

“While there is some evidence that yoga interventions andexercisehave equal and/or superior cardiovascular outcomes, there is considerable variability in yoga types, components, frequency, session length, duration and intensity. We sought to apply a rigorous scientific approach to identify cardiovascular risk factors for which yoga is beneficial for at-risk patients and ways it could be applied in a health care setting, such as a primarypreventionprogram,” Poirier said in a journal news release.

Yoga is, of course, a spiritual andexercisepractice for millions of people worldwide. It is widely accepted as a form of exercise.

的研究hers recruited 60 people for this study. Each had been diagnosed withhigh blood pressureandmetabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of conditions that raise the risk ofheartproblems andstroke.

The participants were divided into two groups. Over three months, they did 15 minutes of either structured yoga or stretching in addition to 30 minutes ofaerobic exercisefive times a week.

After three months, both groups had a decrease in their resting官网地址bwin, as well as mean arterial官网地址bwinand heart rate.

For the yoga group, systolic blood pressure (the top number) decreased by 10 mm Hg. For the stretching group, it dropped just 4 mm Hg, the findings showed.

Those doing yoga also reduced resting heart rate and 10-year cardiovascular risk.

For the study, doctors measured the participants' blood pressure, body size, inflammation, bloodsugar,脂质and scores for risk ofheart attack. They found no difference between the two groups in age, sex,smokingrates, body mass index (BMI), resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure, resting heart rate and pulse pressure when the study began.

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The U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health has more on yoga.

SOURCE:Canadian Journal of Cardiology, news release, Dec. 8, 2022

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