Sports during long-term blood pressure measurement
If you regularly do sports in your everyday life, it is perfectly acceptable not to do without it on the day of the measurement. In general, all everyday activities should be conducted normally so that no distortion of the overall impression is created. However, if sports are rather a rarity in everyday life, they should be avoided, as well as other stressful, extraordinary activities.
Many doctors advise not to do sports during the 24 hours. This is because endurance sports can have an immediate effect on blood pressure. Half an hour of endurance sports can already lower blood pressure for the next 10 hours. Blood pressure during sport can be easily controlled by a stress blood pressure measurement. For this reason, it is rather advisable to pause sports during long-term blood pressure measurement.
Nightly measurement of blood pressure
For the overall assessment of blood pressure, it is particularly important to determine the values at night. During the night, sleep causes the entire cardiovascular system in healthy people to lower their blood pressure. A healthy blood pressure regulation is also important for this.
One speaks of a night lowering. The blood pressure should drop by about 10-30 mmHg compared to the resting blood pressure in the waking state. For many people with high blood pressure, this night-time lowering is no longer particularly pronounced.
High blood pressure can be a deterrent to sleep and is particularly damaging to health in terms of its long-term effects. Long-term blood pressure measurement offers the rare opportunity to measure blood pressure during sleep. However, it can be uncomfortable for the wearer of the measuring device during the measurement. Many patients complain of being woken up every half hour by the inflation of the cuff. One should try to get through the night as best as possible despite the measurements, as the values during the night provide important information for the doctor.
