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.
Thanks for the question. The radial artery in the wrist can be used to measure the blood pressure. But in my opinion, the brachial artery blood pressure measurement is better than radial artery for the following reasons: 1.The blood pressure at the wrist is higher for systole, lower for diastole, and about the same for mean or average pressure. The amount of difference depends on the stiffness of the arteries.ut in my opinion, the brachial artery blood pressure measurement is better than radial artery for the following reasons: 1. The blood pressure at the wrist is higher for systole, lower for diastole, and about the same for mean or average pressure.