Effect of Yogic Practices on Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure among Hypertensive Patients

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the therapeutic effects of yogic practices on selected physiological variable viz., Systolic Blood Pressure and Diastolic Blood Pressure among essential hypertensive patients consist of 45 samples each in experimental and control group, both male and female patients in the age group between 40 years and 60 years with mild and moderate hypertensive patients.  From the study, it is observed that the application of yogic practices would reduce Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure in case of experimental group compared to control group due to yogic practices between baseline period and different phases of training and follow-up period.

In an overall view of the entire period under study of the two groups, on the whole the systolic blood pressure registered a continuous decrease beginning with the sixth month period. This decrease found in the measurement bringing the patients towards improvement was found to be on a continuing track till the end of observation. Diastolic blood pressure did not differ between experimental and control group either at base line, or till the third or the sixth month of the present study. But, significant difference was noted at the end of the ninth and twelfth month as well. It was observed that diastolic blood pressure was found to be lower in the case of experimental group.