Re:The science behind on-the-wrist blood pressure tracking
by corry on Thursday October 10, 2024 @04:17PM
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Thanks for sharing. For me, I can see that DURING exercise, my blood pressure is quite raised but then drops down lower than usual in the hours that follow. However, I think that's more a function of resting HR - which remains elevated.
My particular BP scenario is good diastolic, high systolic but low rest heart rate (low 50s). My pet theory is that my heart does fewer but stronger pumps, which increases the BP. After exercising, when heart rate remains elevated, the BP is lower since the heart is doing more frequent but less powerful beats.
Just a pet theory, I haven't even discussed it with a medical professional.
Re:The science behind on-the-wrist blood pressure tracking
by LorenPechtel on Friday October 11, 2024 @05:47PM
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The *only* pattern I could find was it was inversely related to *perceived* temperature. The doc said that relationship was to be expected. My blood pressure would not be elevated even during the recovery period.
There was a huge effect from perceived temperature--while I didn't do the cold plunge I got some quite high readings when I was on the chilly side. Yet I could get low-normal readings with my heart rate above 130 which is the highest I could go at that elevation. Obviously I couldn't actually take a reading while moving but I could have it on my wrist, stop and immediately press the button. The pattern I observed was activity raises temperature which lowers blood pressure.