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Pilates Is Good For Hypertension?
As we discussed yesterday, the exercise to hypertension is a rather delicate issue, although very positive if done with proper prescription. Movements of force in certain positions and, above all, isometric contractions can trigger blood pressure to dangerous limits frankly.
What is an isometric contraction? To understand, is when you do force without moving (or shortening or muscle lengthening). For example, if you push a wall without moving, you’re doing strength and, unless you do get a lot and move the wall … it makes a static contraction. This is exactly an isometric contraction.
Pilates and calisthenics formerly, is based on many of these contractions in equilibrium to activate the deep muscles (trasverso abdominal, pelvic floor, etc..) As a stabilizer in balancing movements. What happens when a hypertensive patient with these exercises? I refer to a study published in Buenos Aires for Easter, Andres; Donato, Martin; Borrego, Carlos; Gabay, Jose; Berrocal, Daniel J. Gelpi, Ricardo; Grinfeld, Liliana regarding the “Assessment of diastolic function during and post-isometric exercise in patients with hypertension,”. Read the rest of this entry »