Q. How to measure Blood Pressure?

With the onset of exercise, the resistance to blood flow through contracting muscles decreases significantly and results in a fall in the peripheral vascular resistance. When the patient begins to exercise, the normal BP response is a gradual elevation of systolic pressure with increasing workloads and essentially no significant change in diastolic pressure. Near peak workload, the systolic BP levels off and often declines, only to rise again within 1 or 2 minutes after exercise is terminated. As the patient recovers, the pressure returns to control levels.