When hormones come into play, so do emotions. So, while many might wonder how cardiovascular health can be affected by emotions, it is all because of those hormones. For this reason, conditions like stress can cause hypertension in the blood.

Stress stimulates the nervous system to produce a hormone that constricts the blood vessels, thereby increasing blood pressure. Stress, combined with the other risk factors of hypertension, can produce quite a lethal situation within the body. Many experts believe that stress is not a direct cause of hypertension, but rather a factor helping in its development, because it repeatedly increases pressure. Treatment for stress can be undertaken in various steps:

As per Jacobson’s Muscle Relaxation Technique, the most effective method to achieve this is to first tense the muscles, and then relax them, contracting the muscles for 5 seconds, then loosening them for 30 seconds. This should be done for 20 minutes each day, and done on an empty stomach. No tight clothing should be worn, and all jewelry should be taken off.