Low Blood Pressure in Athletes
Short answer: a low blood-pressure reading can be normal in a fit, symptom-free athlete. It becomes more important when it is new, repeatedly causes...
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Blood Pressure Medicines for Athletes
Short answer: athletes can use blood-pressure medicines when clinically indicated, but the best choice depends on the cause of hypertension, kidney function, other conditions,...
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How Athletes Can Lower Blood Pressure
Short answer: athletes can lower blood pressure by confirming the reading, addressing sodium and overall diet, reducing excess body fat where relevant, doing regular...
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Pre-Workout Stimulants and Heart Health
Short answer: stimulant pre-workouts can temporarily raise alertness and performance, but they may also increase heart rate, blood pressure, tremor, anxiety or palpitations. Risk...
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Sleep Apnoea, Bodybuilding and Blood Pressure
Short answer: obstructive sleep apnoea causes repeated narrowing or closure of the upper airway during sleep. Breathing pauses, oxygen drops and repeated arousals can...
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TRT and Heart Health
Short answer: prescribed testosterone replacement therapy, or TRT, is treatment for appropriately diagnosed hypogonadism using doses intended to restore physiological testosterone levels. It is...
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Bodybuilding and Heart Health
Short answer: bodybuilding is not one cardiovascular exposure. Resistance training can support health, but the risk picture changes with extreme body mass, persistent high...
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Athlete's Heart vs Cardiomyopathy
Short answer: athlete’s heart is a generally healthy adaptation to sustained training. Cardiomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle. Both can produce a larger...
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Echocardiogram for Athletes: What It Shows
Short answer: an echocardiogram is an ultrasound scan that shows the heart’s chambers, walls, valves, pumping function and blood flow. For athletes, it can...
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ECG for Athletes: What the Test Can and Cannot Show
Short answer: an electrocardiogram, or ECG, records the heart’s electrical activity through electrodes placed on the skin. It can show heart rate, rhythm and...
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Resting Heart Rate for Athletes
Short answer: resting heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you are awake, calm and physically at rest....
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Homocysteine Explained for Athletes
Short answer: homocysteine is an amino acid measured in blood. A high result can occur with folate, vitamin B12 or vitamin B6 deficiency, reduced...
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