Breathing Devices for Lowering Blood Pressure?

Some studies show that training the muscles involved in breathing may help treat hypertension

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If you have high blood pressure that you control, or try to control, with diet, exercise, weight loss, and other lifestyle measures—and perhaps even medication—here’s something to consider adding to your arsenal: breath training, technically known as high-resistance inspiratory muscle strength training, or IMST for short. All it takes, some research suggests, is five minutes a […]