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Handstands with high blood pressure. All the yoga sites say don't do it. Are there any actual medical studies to say why not, or is it an old wife's tale based on the fact that your head feels like it's about to explode when you start practicing?
To clarify -I started doing inversions against a wall a few years ago, got used to the feeling, then stopped, because lazy. Then diagnosed with high BP. Want to start doing them and other yoga stuff again, but can't find anything which states why inversions are bad. I don't really trust yoga/wellness sites for medical stuff.
I've been strongly advised that lifting heavy weights is out of the question - there's something which causes a spike in BP, I forget the name.