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 may not be measured on the arm when the patient is missing that arm ( or both arms ) or the arm has an unusual shape or configuration , or any of the bones in the arm , wrist , or hand is broken , or the arm is in use for intravenous drip or other treatment , or when there is reason to believe that the patient has insufficient ...