Swimming can lower blood pressure. This is proven through research at the University of Texas at Austin. This research report published in the American Journal of Cardiology.
The participants are 43 healthy adults aged 60 years, they have high blood pressureor pre-hypertension. Pre-hypertension is blood pressure exceeds120/80 mm. The participants were asked to swim. During 12 weeks, the group swam three or four times a week, gradually, to be reached within 45 minutes. At the end of the study, the swimmers managed to reduce blood pressure systolic with an average of nine points. Systolic blood pressure is a number at the top of the blood pressure readings. In contrast, the rate of blood pressure in the relaxation group did not change. The average results, the group swimmers has a systolic blood pressure119 mm Hg. This figure is down from 128 mm Hg at baseline.
Concluded, swimming proven to improve blood vessel function of older adults and put a halt to blood pressure. Swimming can be risky because it is in cold water. That caused a change in hear tand vascular system. But most studies have shown that swimming is safe as well as a walk. Swim definitely can be a safe activity. So let's swim to the routine as needed.
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