No one wants it, yet it's the body's way of getting your attention when something is wrong. You're probably sufficiently in tune with your body to know when the pain is just a bother, perhaps the result of moving furniture a day or two before or eating that third enchilada.
Wrist Blood Pressure Monitors use the radial artery to measure blood pressure instead of the more commonly used brachial artery. The key is to place the monitor on your wrist properly, just above the wrist bone and then to hold your wrist up level with or above your heart.
Blood pressure (BP) monitoring is one of the principal vital signs. It assesses the pressure required by the heart to pump. It is routinely measured on all patients whether in hospital, outpatient clinics or by the patients GP. Hypotension (low BP) can cause dizziness and falls, especially in the elderly.