segunda-feira, 23 de dezembro de 2013

Adequate control of blood pressure in hypertensive tennis players

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.

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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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