Know your numbers blood pressure check

This week we ran a Know your numbers free blood pressure station at Southern Cross Train station in Melbourne, for National Stroke Week.

We received this email from Linda and we wanted to share with you all.

I want to thank you, on Monday you had a free Blood Pressure check at Southern Cross Station, I thought why not check. To my disbelief the reading was 169/106 I was floored and thought no way I have always been 110/70 low. Two days later I wanted to prove you wrong so I went to my GP for a further reading, he said Linda you BP is 170/88 needless to say I was given medication for three weeks with a chage of habit ie diet & fitness. I wanted to say that Angels  made me take your test and get a wake up call and possibility that you have saved my valuable life. Keep up spreading the word as I did when I went back to work, thanking you Linda.

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Note: the image provided is not of Linda, but is taken at Southern Cross Station on the day.

It’s that time of year again and the Know your numbers program has kicked off in Qld, Vic and NSW.

This year we expect to have over 650 pressure stations aiming to check the blood pressure of up to 65,000 people!

We celebrated in our office today with a healthy morning tea and a short presentation by Belinda of how the program keeps growing each year.

Stay tuned for updates and hopefully some photos of the pressure stations in action.

They say we’re living in the information age, where the potential to know details about almost anything is virtually at our fingertips. But what about the important information that we sometimes forget to track? Everyday important functions of our body that we rely on, but can take for granted. I am referring of course to blood pressure.

The scary fact is that one in three Australians over the age of 25 has high blood pressure. It could easily be you. Are you aware of it? If not, you certainly should be. It is the most important risk factor for having a stroke, and stroke is the country’s second biggest killer and a leading cause of disability. The National Stroke Foundation has a solution to help you track your blood pressure numbers. Every time you have your blood pressure measured at your pharmacy or GP you simply enter your blood pressure reading onto the BP Tracker site.

Through monitoring it with this easy online tool, you will be able to realise if the numbers are gradually getting higher so that you can take action and help to reduce your risk of a stroke.  Now why would you let the most important information slip through the nets of the information age? Make sure you register and start BP Tracking today!

Well I promised that I would post some photos of the pressure stations, and I keep my promises. 

Greythorn Amcal promotes their pressure station

Have a look at the photo album here.

Well our Know your numbers program has kicked off in Qld and Vic. This year we expect to have over 500 pressure stations aiming to check the blood pressure of at least 100 people each.

We celebrated in our office yesterday with a healthy morning tea and a short presentation by Ros of how the program has grown over the last two years.

Stay tuned for updates and hopefully some photos of the pressure stations in action.