Resting Heart Rate

[rualexander]

Make sure that you are relaxed, and breathe deeply...

I had a health check last week. The nurse took my blood pressure - systolic was 142! She said that we should both be silent, and that I should take slow deep breaths. She took another reading one minute later - 120!

Deep breaths can lower BP but it won't necessarily be representative of your normal resting BP.
My BP is always high when checked at docs but normal at home (white coat hypertension).
They always use a machine these days but recently had it checked using the old manual sphygmomanometer and the result was surprisingly normal.

 

[Punkawallah]

Minnie the Moocher did actually have the heart of a whale, while Richard Hammond may have the heart of a hamster.

Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!

 

[Punkawallah]

Make sure that you are relaxed, and breathe deeply...

I had a health check last week. The nurse took my blood pressure - systolic was 142! She said that we should both be silent, and that I should take slow deep breaths. She took another reading one minute later - 120!

‘White coat syndrome’.