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"Working out in warm water could be a radical new cure for high blood pressure," the Mail Online reports. Results of a small study suggest that "hot aquarobics" may benefit people who had failed to respond to conventional treatment for high blood pressure.
The study was a small randomised trial that included 32 people with high blood pressure that had not responded to at least three previous blood pressure medications. Those involved did not exercise regularly.
They were randomly selected to do either 12 weeks of three hours of exercise a week in a swim
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/04April/Pages/Can-warm-water-exercise-help-high-blood-pressure.aspx
The study was a small randomised trial that included 32 people with high blood pressure that had not responded to at least three previous blood pressure medications. Those involved did not exercise regularly.
They were randomly selected to do either 12 weeks of three hours of exercise a week in a swim
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/04April/Pages/Can-warm-water-exercise-help-high-blood-pressure.aspx