Lowering Blood Pressure And Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Can Be Achieved From Yoga

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Yoga might be the solution for lowering blood pressure in prehypertensive individual, a recent research suggests. It was presented during the 68th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI).

A prehypertensive case or a blood pressure between 120-139 mmHg may result to hypertension if not contributed with a healthy lifestyle. Prehypertension and high blood pressure can both enhance the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure.

The research team studied 60 hypertensive patients without severe health problems to explore the significance of hatha yoga on blood pressure, as per the Medical XPress.

The patients were randomly divided into two groups containing 30 members in each group. This is to evaluate the result of the three-month yoga exercise with the addition of a traditional healthy lifestyle.

Participants in the yoga group have an average age of 56 years. The control group, on the other hand, has 52 years of age mean. The participants are a combination of men and women; they undergo stretching exercises, breath control and meditation.

After the examination, blood pressure considerably lowered by more or less 4.5 mmHg for the yoga group while the control group didn't display any relevant changes.

According to Dr. Shirish Hiremath, CSI President-Elect and Chairman of the CSI 2016 Scientific Committee, "yoga is a part of traditional Indian culture, and has shown clear benefit in cases of prehypertension."

The exercise is simple and can be adjusted by masses; it is certainly economical too, Hiremath added. Yoga can reach far distance in edifying the general welfare throughout the country since a large group of young Indians are in a state of hypertension.

As per the ES Cardio, Professor Roberto Ferrari stated that following a healthy lifestyle and managing blood pressure and serum cholesterol level can lessen the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Exercise, including yoga, a good-quality diet, and not smoking are all steps in the right direction," Ferrari who was a Past President of the ESC and course director of the ESC programme in India added.