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Medical Forum / General / Cardiology / May 2006deep breathing for high BP...
I have tried deep breathing excercises for high BP...and it worked! I lowered my BP from 127/80, to 117/78, in just five minutes of deep breathing excercises. I had decided to do these every hour on the hour, then began to wonder... As deep breathing exercises are an act of forcing your body to breathe UNNATURALLY, could this actually contribute to SLEEP APNEA, which of course encourages ischemia? Your thoughts, experts? > I have tried deep breathing excercises for high BP...and it worked! I > lowered my BP from 127/80, to 117/78, in just five minutes of deep breathing > excercises. I had decided to do these every hour on the hour, then began to > wonder... Slowed breathing has been shown to reduce blood pressure. > As deep breathing exercises are an act of forcing your body to breathe > UNNATURALLY, could this actually contribute to SLEEP APNEA, which of course > encourages ischemia? It shouldn't. > Your thoughts, experts? You've got it. Will be available to "glow" and chat about this and other things like cardiology, diabetes, Bird Flu, the Lamb's opening of the 6th seal (Rev. 6:12), cooking and nutrition that interest those following this thread here during the next on-line chat(05/11/06) from 5 to 6 pm EST, LORD willing: http://tinyurl.com/8w7uq For those who are put off by the signature, my advance apologies for how the LORD has reshaped me: http://tinyurl.com/7mcuo Prayerfully in Christ's love, Andrew http://tinyurl.com/mpuzr > I have tried deep breathing excercises for high BP...and it worked! I > lowered my BP from 127/80, to 117/78, in just five minutes of deep breathing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > encourages ischemia? > Your thoughts, experts? About 20 years ago I studied deep breathing as practiced by beginners in Qi Gong (aka Chi Kung) and Kung Fu, with Dr Zheng Rong-Tong MD from the Shanghai institute of traditional medecines, who was doing a study of Qi Gong breathing at Stanford Med. School. Her study is probably now published, showed clearly the same effect you observed. There is one difference from the way you look at deep beathing and the Qi Gong way. People practice Qi Gong absolutely *effortlessly*. It is a form of tranquil meditation where you concentrate on the evenness of the breath passing from your lower abdomen through your nostrils, approximately 1 minute per breath cycle. The benefits go beyond BP reduction, since Qi Gong regenerates the Qi life energy of the body. The same life energy which makes it possible for a Kung Fu master to split a log with a well aimed blow of the hand. > > I have tried deep breathing excercises for high BP...and it worked! I > > lowered my BP from 127/80, to 117/78, in just five minutes of deep breathing [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > body. The same life energy which makes it possible for a Kung Fu > master to split a log with a well aimed blow of the hand. For a Born-Again Christian, Qi is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is infinitely more than our personal life force energy because it is the Source of all life forces. Still praying for you, dear liaM whom I love in the holy name of GOD's one and only precious Son, Jesus, Who died on the cross to save us from all of our sins. "My LORD **and** my GOD!" -- Archetypal Atheist "Doubting" Thomas upon seeing the risen Jesus Christ. "I am the way, the truth, and the life... " -- LORD Jesus Christ In truth, I most assuredly know the LORD to be kind, just and right. Will be available to "glow" and chat about this and other things like cardiology, diabetes, Bird Flu, the Lamb's opening of the 6th seal (Rev. 6:12), cooking and nutrition that interest those following this thread here during the next on-line chat(05/11/06) from 5 to 6 pm EST, LORD willing: http://tinyurl.com/8w7uq For those who are put off by the signature, my advance apologies for how the LORD has reshaped me: http://tinyurl.com/7mcuo Prayerfully in Christ's love, Andrew http://tinyurl.com/mpuzr |
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