There are lot of people who suffer from heart disease and high blood pressure. To control or prevent these conditions people should check their blood pressures often. I have had an opportunity to work as a physical therapist assistant, where I often checked blood pressure for my patients. By checking blood pressure regularly, I was able to advise the patients that they needed to see their doctor if the pressure was too high. This is the proper technique for checking blood pressure.

The first step of checking blood pressure I wrap the cuff around the upper arm. Then I close the valve, so that the air does not escape and take the bulb to inflate the cuff. While I inflate the cuff, I put the stethoscope in my ears and look at the pressure gauge. I continue to inflate the cuff to about 200 millimeters of mercury. Once I...