[GoingsGone]

GoingsGone on February 1, 2009 at 7:26 am #15304

I’m a 16 year old, 140 pound sprinter, in shape who just got my sports physical for the season. Everything is perfect except for one thing, my blood pressure.

I think it’s because we went there, I forgot my glasses and my dad freaked out on me and I got all worked up and mad. and then she says if it’s to high I can’t let you do a sport. which just made me more nervous.

But seriously I’ve been in track the past 3 years, I’m going back tomorrow, do you think I’ll be ok? I just need reinsurance.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on February 1, 2009 at 10:26 am #77380

I’d get it rechecked just to make sure. Unless your diet is super high in Sodium (salt) it would be REALLY odd for an athlete to have a high BP. Out of curiosity what was the reading?

ELITETRACK Founder

[GoingsGone]

GoingsGone on February 2, 2009 at 3:18 am #77386

I want to say 145/90? I was shaking so much when I got there. I guess it’s what I get for going to a walgreens.

[mortac8]

mortac8 on February 2, 2009 at 3:34 am #77387

Walgreens with your dad yelling at you: The gold standard in BP measurement

[QUIKAZHELL]

QUIKAZHELL on February 2, 2009 at 6:20 am #77393

Unless I’m completlyyyyyy relaxed in a relaxed postion closing my eyes and focusing on breathing my blood pressure comes up high. The Dr. did it a while ago and it happened twice.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on February 2, 2009 at 9:17 am #77395

Yeah, I’ve learned to control BP and HR when I go in to ‘tests’ but if I don’t the test anxiety affect definitely comes in to play. What’s ironic is that I bet that it’s more likely to happen to performance oriented athlete types (where it becomes a mini competition) than other people…probably leading to a lot of false positives.

ELITETRACK Founder