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Does VIEWING WATER have an impact on your Blood Pressure and Heart Rate?

The answer is YES, according to an article published in 2022 in the Journal of Environmental Psychology.

- This publication included two separate studies.

- First study included 32 participants looking at a swimming pool or watching a tree or a sign across a street. Viewing water for 1 minute and 40 seconds decreased blood pressure (vs tree and sign) and heart rate (vs sign).

- Second study enrolled 73 individuals who were viewing water in a lake or adjacent ground. Participants reported subjective relaxation and on average lower blood pressure and heart rate were recorded.

- The authors concluded: 'Together, these findings indicate that viewing water can affect autonomic tone in a way that might account for the subjective rating of relaxation.'

- Link to the article below:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494422000391

Dr Bart Olechowski, a private heart specialist in Basingstoke, Winchester and Farnham sees private cardiology patients with a number of heart conditions. Patients with symptoms of chest pains, palpitations, lack of breath and blackouts present to one of our private clinics at Sarum Road Hospital, at Candover Clinic or at Clare Park Hospital. We are able to perform blood pressure monitors, Holters and Echocardiograms during one visit.

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