High Blood Pressure
Overview
Blood pressure is determined 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 artery, the higher is your blood pressure. Higher than normal blood pressure is called hypertension and is a key risk factor for both heart disease and stroke. As an approximate guide, our normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mmHg.
There is no guarantee that a person with hypertension will present any symptoms of the condition. About 33% of people actually do not know that they have high blood pressure, and this ignorance can last for years. For this reason, it is advisable to undergo periodic blood pressure screenings even when no symptoms are present.
Extremely high blood pressure may lead to some symptoms such as:
- Severe headaches
- Fatigue or confusion
- Dizziness
- Nausea Problems with vision
- Chest pains
- Breathing problems
- Irregular heartbeat
- Blood in the urine
- Age
- Tobacco
- Being Overweight or Obese
- Lack of Vitamin D
- High Salt in Diet
- Stress
Health and wellness coaching will facilitate you to understand the root cause of the problem and create a roadmap that is self-directive driven by intrinsic motivation to make lifestyle behavioral changes so that you can have a better quality of life. At your Health & Wellness Coaching you can expect to:
- Get a personalized body evaluation
- Get a personalized wellness evaluation
- Get Information about your nutritional intake
- Learn the basics of nutrition based on nourishment and not starvation that is specific to your health concerns.
- Get a personalized movement plan based on your unique needs and fitness levels
- Learn specific skills that will improve your quality of life
- Learn stress management skills
- Promote Behavior Change
- Assist with Emotional Impact of Chronic Illness
- Encourage Participation in Disease Prevention
- Partner to Facilitate Overall Health Improvement
Other Conditions & Treatments
- Angina
- Aortic Dissection
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmia
- Cholesterol
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Heart Transplant
- Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Vascular Surgery