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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Hypertension
is the techni- |
High
blood pressure has no de- |
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borderline or mild high blood |
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cal
term for high blood |
pendable
symptoms. The only |
pressure,
massage may be useful |
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pressure. |
way
to identify it is by taking sev- |
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a tool to control stress and in- |
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eral
blood pressure measure- |
crease
general health, but other |
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over time. |
pathologies
related to kidney or |
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cardiovascular
disease must be |
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ruled
out. High blood pressure |
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requires medication usually |
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contraindicates
circulatory |
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massage,
but under some cir- |
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cumstances,
massage may be ap- |
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propriate
with a doctor's ap- |
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proval. |
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