Posted on 01/17/2024 8:48:43 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A 30-minute walk at moderate intensity temporarily reduced blood pressure in women with rheumatoid arthritis, not only at rest but also under stress. This was the conclusion drawn from a study involving physical and cognitive tests.
According to Peçanha, the findings can apply to other autoimmune inflammatory diseases, such as lupus, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory myopia, and juvenile lupus.
The 24-hour monitoring test showed that exercise lowered systolic pressure by 5 mmHg on average. "This amount of reduction is significant, correlating with a 14% lower risk of death from stroke, a 9% lower risk of death from coronary arterial disease, and a 7% lower risk of all-cause death for people with hypertension," he explained.
"The temporary effect of just one aerobic exercise session is very important since acute reductions in blood pressure on several consecutive days are expected to accumulate and lead to a sustained reduction over time."
The reduction was observed even after the stress tests. "The Stroop test is widely used in studies that analyze the cardiovascular response to mental stress, for example. In rheumatoid arthritis patients, it typically raises systolic pressure [to 16 mmHg] and diastolic pressure [to 12 mmHg] on average. In our study, however, systolic pressure fell by 6 mmHg after exercise," he said, adding that this reduction was not observed when they performed the test after a resting period (control).
In the Cold Pressor (pain tolerance) test, systolic and diastolic pressure are expected to rise to 18 mmHg and 11 mmHg respectively on average, while heart rate typically rises by 1 bpm. In the study, systolic pressure rose even more sharply (to 25 mmHg) in six patients.
On the day of the 30-minute walk, systolic pressure fell by 1 mmHg on average. On the day when they remained at rest, it rose by 4 mmHg.
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Sitting five minutes reduces your blood pressure by that much if you take it before and after.
Human genesgo back several million years. For 99% of that period humans walked a lot to forage for food. Agriculture is less than 15,000 years old. Stay healthier by doing on what basis genes evolved. Eating frequently was another habit our ancestors could not execute.
I meet lots of people walking themselves into knee hip foot etc tears and other issues. Doctors and scientists don’t seem to have common sense when they do studies or spout suggestions like “walk is good exercise”.
Some of their patients/ people in general have structural issues or other factors like taking advice to extremes.
I’m all for people being active but the whole body needs to be considered and the uniqueness of each person and their situation and abilities.
Good advice.
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been getting about an hour and a half work out every day. About an hour of zone 2 cardio —15 minutes of fast upper body work—one after the other. I try to hit every muscle group quickly. Followed by about 12 minutes of off and on HIIT. 30 seconds on. 30 seconds off. I love the way it makes my body feel. ‘
A big component of the routine is backing off whenever a muscle feels like I’m pushing it too hard.
I’d love to keep this up long term. To do so requires that I be very careful about injuring myself. (I have done that frequently over the last year or two as I’ve switched from swimming to gym work.
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