recently,when i lift weight i have a headache and my neck si a little stiff.i try to measure my blood pressure with the blood pressure monitor immediately after lifting 15 repetition and blood pressure spike up to 200 in my systolic and 95 dyastolic.i am a concerned and worried if this could cause a stroke
Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain and give you my opinion. We talk about hypertension if we have mean values that exceeds 140/90 mmHg. It is normal to have higher blood pressure values after a physical or an emotional stress, so it is important to judge on mean day and night values. Pressures up to 200 might be normal after doing physical activity, but my opinion is that it seems like an excessive blood pressure rising just after lifting weight. Hypertension is divided in two groups