I have recently been diagnosed with hypertension, and it looks like I will need to join others on medication to control it. It came a surprise since I do not smoke or drink, am not overweight, try to eat right, swim very regularly, and feel great. I guess this body is getting old and starting to break down!
I will assume some swimmers are using medication to control high blood pressure. Know of any issues with hypertension, medications, and swimming? What do I have to look forward to?
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Thnks Gull80 for the very informative response! I'm guessing that you must be a doctor or something?
I've noticed that there seems to be a higher incidence of people working in the medical field here involved in Masters Swimming than in the general population.....for example I saw that Jenny Thompson is going to be a resident soon last night when I was watching the World Short Course Championships on T.V. I have also come across many other big name swimmers who are doctors (like Dr. Ron Karnaugh for example).....My highschool swim team is having a 20 something year reunion next month and I saw the e-mail addresses of many of my fellow simming campanions on the e-mail invites and was suprised to see how many of them have Dr. So and So in their names (or e-mail addresses).....This is a very interesting phenomenon. I was pre-Med my first year of undergraduate school many moons ago ....but I quickly abandoned the idea after the first pre-Med meeting in which I saw films of actual surgeries.....I realized then that I was WAY to squeemish to become a doctor and went immediately into something else.
newmastersswimmer
Thnks Gull80 for the very informative response! I'm guessing that you must be a doctor or something?
I've noticed that there seems to be a higher incidence of people working in the medical field here involved in Masters Swimming than in the general population.....for example I saw that Jenny Thompson is going to be a resident soon last night when I was watching the World Short Course Championships on T.V. I have also come across many other big name swimmers who are doctors (like Dr. Ron Karnaugh for example).....My highschool swim team is having a 20 something year reunion next month and I saw the e-mail addresses of many of my fellow simming campanions on the e-mail invites and was suprised to see how many of them have Dr. So and So in their names (or e-mail addresses).....This is a very interesting phenomenon. I was pre-Med my first year of undergraduate school many moons ago ....but I quickly abandoned the idea after the first pre-Med meeting in which I saw films of actual surgeries.....I realized then that I was WAY to squeemish to become a doctor and went immediately into something else.
newmastersswimmer
