Why is blood pressure measured while we are resting Vs being measured while we are moving and active.

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What good does a blood pressure reading do if you are sitting down with a perfect 120/80 but once you start doing activity’s it rises 10-20 values. Considering that we are active most of the day would the higher values be bad for our body?

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Because you’re resting BP is your baseline. You have to know the baseline in order to gauge function. It also is going to have the least amount of factors influencing it. blood pressure SHOULD rise and fall depending on how active you are. Lower when you’re sleeping, higher when you’re exercising. but if you don’t know your starting point, how could yo possibly tell how MUCH it changes in other situations if you ever needed to?

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