PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A new study finds that isometric exercise may be the best exercise for lowering your blood pressure. Isometric, also called static exercise, engages your muscles without movement.

Isometric exercises — tightening muscles without moving nearby joints, such as in a plank move — are effective for lowering high blood pressure. Even more, the findings could lay the groundwork for ...

Doctors have extolled the value of exercise in lowering blood pressure for decades. This rings especially true for cardio exercise like running or jumping rope. A new study out of the UK, however, ...

New research contends doing something as simple as a few wall squats or planks per week can help lower blood pressure even better than other types of exercise. The health benefits of exercise are well ...

Dear Doctors: My blood pressure is just a tiny bit high. Does that really matter? My doctor said I should think about taking a blood pressure drug, but I’d rather try to bring it down naturally. I ...

UNDATED (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - New research found those trying to lower their blood pressure might want to focus on specific workouts. A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine ...

Exactly how you lift has garnered significant attention from researchers in recent years. With studies examining the exact length of time you execute each rep, which portion of the rep you focus on ...

Isometric workouts outperform cardio for blood pressure control - study reveals. NFL playoff winners and losers: Unraveling ...

We have used an isometric force transducer to study contraction of two types of nonmuscle cells in tissue culture. This method permits the quantitative measurement of contractile force generated by ...

Q: My blood pressure is just a tiny bit high. Does that really matter? My doctor said I should think about taking a blood pressure drug, but I’d rather try to bring it down naturally. I just read that ...