Looking for tennis practice is
growing among the population, especially for those that want to improve quality
of life as well as prevent and control diseases acquired during life.
Most of the tennis practicing
population has some disease and hypertension is the most prevalent. It is
considered one of the main risk factors to incite cerebrovascular accident
(CVA) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Currently, sport treatment is one
of the most non-pharmacological more recommend by doctors to monitor the
disease progression. However, it is not enough to just get on the court and
play, there are some basic precautions before starting the sport.
It is very important to be
properly medicated. Physiologically, during tennis practice, blood pressure
rises according to the intensity. As the hypertensive individuals without
medication already have high blood relaxing pressure, during the exercise it
will increase even more and can result in a more serious problem. Due that, if
for some reason the person did not take the medicine, it is not recommended to
practice tennis. Table 1 presents the diagnostic classification of blood
pressure (above 18 years old) according to the V Brazilian Guidelines on
Hypertension Arterial
Table 1.
Diagnostic classification of hypertension
Source: V Brazilian
Guidelines of Hypertension 2006
Another important caution is with
the excess inside the court, especially with very intense workouts. High
intensity workouts elevate blood pressure even more and take care is
always welcome. Some precautions like avoid running into unnecessary balls that
are far out of reach, stop for few minutes when the heart beats are very fast
and give a breather after a very long point may help control the intensity
during workouts.
For more
information:
Email :
Jefferson.jcc@hotmail.com
References
1. Negrão CE, Barreto
AC . Exercise
cardiology . Athlete of the cardiac , 3rd edition, 2011.
2 . V Brazilian Guidelines on Hypertension , 2006.
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