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I was diagnosed with high blood pressure a couple of years ago after a couple of trips to the ER with complaints of heart palpitations and being light headed.  I was shocked to see that my blood pressure, at its worse was 206/120.  Yeah…but that was its worse. Typically, it was only about 150/101.  That was what it was prior to my taking medication which brought it down to  about 130/84.  But still, for a guy who is 5’11″ and weighs about 180 lbs. who doesn’t eat meat or smoke or have any other pre-existing or co-morbid condition, having hypertension is frustrating.

In my career as a physical therapist  and being  a guy who likes to solve a excellent puzzle its pretty natural for me to try and figure out a solution to a patient’s problem. I like doing that. I  like giving them the tools to solve their own problem and even helping them do it. Its what I do all day long.

I had finally chose that I will do the same for myself and look into addressing my own hypertension. So, I went out and bought my first book on the subject called “The High Blood Pressure Solution“, by Richard D. Moore.  It opened my eyes to a lot of things about high blood pressure, what the body is trying to say, how to treat it, and so on.  While it is kind of weighty, its not  too technical.

One of the most profound things that I got out of the book was the notion that having high blood pressure is like having a high temperature.  High blood pressure isn’t a disease just like having a temperature isn’t a disease.

Look at it this way: Having a high temperature is a symptom, a sign, that your body is dealing with something out of the ordinary. Many times its a cold or infection.  When the doctor treats you, they don’t just treat the temperature. They treat or try to right the infection. When the infection is gone, the temperature goes down. Likewise, I like to look at high blood pressure as a symptom. A sign that something is out of balance in my body.

Now, call me crazy, but I don’t reckon that taking a handful of pills will ‘balance’ me out.  In pursuit of a way to lower my blood pressure without any additional medications ( and with the intent to stop taking my current ones) I have set out to research  blood pressure and exercise and their relation to one another.

After reading a couple of books and having some small successes I reckon that there is a way to naturally lower my blood pressure toward “normal” without taking medications. And, I don’t reckon that I’m the only one who thinks that.  In fact, in 1999 the Surgeon General of the US issued a report that found that regular moderate activity lowered high blood pressure in people who had it, and tended to prevent it in people who were borderline.  That’s pretty cool.

Below are some of the suggested activities that anyone could use to help lower their own blood pressure