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Down with High Blood Pressure (Preview 2: Heart-to-Heart Talk) – Dr. Miller Guided Imagery

Name: Down with High Blood Pressure (Preview 2: Heart-to-Heart Talk) – Dr. Miller Guided Imagery
Uploaded: 2014-12-30T01:37:04+00:00
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Channel: Emmett Miller MD
Description: In this guided‑imagery audio excerpt, Dr. Emmett Miller explains that high blood pressure is partly caused by the tightening of tiny muscular rings…

30 Dec 2014 · 2 min

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In this guided‑imagery audio excerpt, Dr. Emmett Miller explains that high blood pressure is partly caused by the tightening of tiny muscular rings (smooth‑muscle tone) around arteries, which creates resistance and forces the heart to work harder. He uses a vivid metaphor of an inner tree representing the circulatory system, with small tourniquets (muscle constriction) blocking flow. Listeners are instructed to place the thumb of the right hand in the palm, squeeze tightly to feel the constriction, then follow a countdown from 5 to 0, gradually releasing the pressure. As the imagined tourniquets loosen, the visualized blood vessels relax, blood flow improves, and the heart’s workload—and blood pressure—decreases. The segment ends with a brief promotional note directing listeners to the full guided‑imagery program at shopdrmiller.com.

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elevated, it is also because of constriction of your branches. If you looked in a microscope, you would see that there actually are little muscular rings around each of your arteries that sometimes tighten, restricting the blood flow to your organs, forcing your heart to work harder, and forcing your blood pressure to go up. High blood pressure is thus partly the result of muscular tension. Now picture your inner tree again, your circulatory system, and imagine little muscular tourniquets blocking the flow of blood. Now place the thumb of your right hand in the palm of your right hand and squeeze your fingers down over it. Squeeze it tight and let this represent those muscles tightening around the blood vessel. Feel the tension in your hand. Feel the constriction of your thumb and imagine how difficult it would be for nutrients to pass through. And imagine that this would force your heart to have to build up an elevated pressure. Now, as I count from 5 down to 0, slowly relax the pressure on that thumb. And as you do, imagine the tourniquets are being loosened from around the branches of that tree. And imagine as well that you can see the blood vessels within your body also being relaxed, thus providing less resistance to blood flow, leading to less work for your heart and a lower blood pressure. 5. Slowly letting go, picturing the meter going down. 4. Feel your hand relaxing. Feel the blood flowing into your thumb. 3. Picturing the branches of the tree now receiving the fluid they need as the tourniquets are released. 2.
Imagine that you can— This has been a sample of Dr. Emmett Miller's guided imagery program, Down with High Blood Pressure. You can find it at shopdrmiller.com.