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Hypertension, Dizziness, Headaches, &
Worsening of Vision (secondary to Vertebral
Artery Syndrome) Greater Occipital Neuralgia,
Neck Rehabilitative Exercises.
First, let's quickly review how medical
massage therapy affects the arterial blood
pressure in patients with EH. There are three
major mechanisms which massage practitioners
should use to help patients with
hypertension: Balance the sympathetic and
parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic
nervous system, vasodilate the vertebral
arteries and reduce peripheral vascular
resistance. These three mechanisms are
intimately correlated, hence the need to
discuss them together as parts of the same
process.
Vertebral arteries arise from the subclavian
arteries. They ascend through the cervical
vertebrae and enter the skull where they
unite to form the basilar artery, supplying
the posterior part of the brain. The
vertebral arteries also give off two
important arterial branches that supply the
entire spinal cord: The anterior spinal
artery and two posterior spinal arteries. The
pathway of the vertebral arteries through the
cervical vertebrae is quite complex. The
transverse process of each cervical vertebra
has a special opening called the transverse
foramen through which the vertebral artery
passes. Cervical vertebrae are positioned on
top of one another such that these openings
form a bony canal through which the vertebral
arteries ascend.
The walls of vertebral arteries have their
own sympathetic plexus innervation,
regulating their constriction and dilation.
It follows that any irritation to this plexus
may result in their contraction. Even a minor
facet joint subluxation, which may not even
be visible by radiographic means, can produce
an irritation slightly compressing the
vertebral arteries. This constriction may
lead to a reduced blood supply to the brain,
which in turn will cause further
vasoconstriction in an attempt to compensate
for compromised circulation. The result is an
inevitable increase in blood pressure or EH.
Other mechanisms that may cause a decrease in
blood flow through the vertebral arteries are
cervical spondylosis, emotional stress and
physical overload of the neck and upper back
muscles. As a result of these, a hypertonus
develops in the cervical muscles. In order to
maintain proper function, the brain's daily
perfusion has to be approximately 2,000
quarts of arterial blood. This rate is
regulated by special vascular receptors in
the arterial structures of the brain. Even a
minor reduction in the amount of blood
circulation triggers compensatory reactions
such as an increased heart rate, increased
cardiac output and, most importantly, an
increased peripheral vascular resistance.
Peripheral vascular resistance is a major
opposing force to the heart's work. Every
time the left ventricle ejects blood, the
force of the cardiac contraction has to
overcome the resistance of arterial vessels
(especially on the level of middle-sized
arteries in skeletal muscles). Thus, an
increased sympathetic tone triggers
arteriolar vasoconstriction, which increases
peripheral vascular resistance, resulting in
the heart having to work harder to pump
blood.
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| Massage Hypertension |
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Causes of Hypertension.
Medical massage therapy is a soft tissue
mobilization method. Several factors explain
its physiological effects. Medical massage
creates a mechanical acceleration of venous
blood flow and lymphatic drainage, mechanical
breakdown of pathological accumulation (e.g.,
soft tissue calcifications), and passive
exercise on soft tissues. By mobilizing the
skin, connective tissue, muscle tissue and
the periosteum, receptors located in these
areas are stimulated, generating afferent
electrical impulses. These impulses reach the
central nervous system, stimulating the body
to react via beneficial reflex mechanisms.
The end results are vasodilation (resulting
in decreased blood pressure and heart rate),
increased arterial blood supply to tissues,
muscular tension release and other healthful
reactions.
The control of increased arterial blood
pressure in those with hypertension is an
important medical and social challenge.
Hypertension is considered to be a major
cause of heart attacks and strokes. An
interesting fact, however, is that out of all
hypertension cases, only 10 percent of
patients have an established cause explaining
their condition. For example, narrowing of
the aorta, adrenal tumors or
glomerulonephritis produces hypertension
secondarily. In 90 percent of patients, the
cause of hypertension is unknown. In such
cases, the patient has "essential
hypertension" or EH.
Modern conventional medicine recognizes an
imbalance between the sympathetic and
parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic
nervous system as the initial trigger of EH.
An increase in sympathetic tone produces
arteriolar vasoconstriction with a subsequent
increase in the peripheral vascular
resistance. At the onset, these changes
exhibit a transient character and the body
uses self-regulatory mechanisms to restore
the proper relationship between sympathetic
and parasympathetic tones. This is why in
earlier stages there are episodes of
increased arterial blood pressure, without
symptoms of hypertension. With time and
repeated episodes of hypertension attacks,
the body resets special receptors, called
baroreceptors, in the arterial circulation to
the new level, and the elevation of arterial
blood pressure becomes sustained. As we have
found, a correctly formulated protocol of
medical massage therapy may play a critical
role in controlling arterial blood pressure
in some patients with EH.
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| Hypertension Management |
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Betty Dong, professor of clinical
pharmacology at UCSF, explores the management
of hypertension, particularly in older
patients. Series: "UCSF Mini Medical School
for the Public" [7/2006] [Public Affairs]
[Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 11686]
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Hypertension, referred to as high blood
pressure, HTN or HPN, is a medical condition
in which the blood pressure is chronically
elevated. It was previously referred to as
nonarterial hypertension, but in current
usage, the word "hypertension"[1] without a
qualifier normally refers to arterial
hypertension. [2] Hypertension can be
classified either essential (primary) or
secondary. Essential hypertension indicates
that no specific medical cause can be found
to explain a patient's condition. Secondary
hypertension indicates that the high blood
pressure is a result of (i.e., secondary to)
another condition, such as kidney disease or
tumours (pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma).
Persistent hypertension is one of the risk
factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart
failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a
leading cause of chronic renal failure. Even
moderate elevation of arterial blood pressure
leads to shortened life expectancy. At
severely high pressures, defined as mean
arterial pressures 50% or more above average,
a person can expect to live no more than a
few years unless appropriately treated.[3]
Hypertension is considered to be present when
a person's systolic blood pressure is
consistently 140 mmHg or greater, and/or
their diastolic blood pressure is
consistently 90 mmHg or greater.
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