CRYSTAL: WELCOME BACK.
IT IS CALLED THE SILENT KILLER
-- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE.
WE -- DAVID
SPOKE WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF THE BLOOD PRESSURE
SELF-MONITORING PROGRAM TO FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO STAY
ON TOP OF THINGS WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE.
DAVID: SARAH, IT IS GREAT TO
HAVE YOU WITH US.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
EFFECTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, A SILENT
KILLER OUT THERE.
IT IS CALLED THE SILENT
KILLER BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE
ANY SYMPTOMS.
YOU OFTEN DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE YOU
DO NOT CHECK IT.
WHEN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEIR
BLOOD PRESSURE IS DOING THEY CAN
TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS IT.
DAVID: WHAT
SHOULD PEOPLE BE
LOOKING FOR?
IT DOESN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS.
IT'S A RISK FACTOR FOR HEART
DISEASE, STROKE, AND MORE VERY
DEADLY ISSUES.
DAVID: AND AWARENESS IS SO KEY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE YMCAS BLOOD
PRESSURE MONITORING PROGRAM.
DAVID: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO --
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE Y TO BE IN THIS
PROGRAM.
IT IS A FOUR-MONTH PROGRAM BASED
ON A STUDY THAT WAS DONE THAT IS
EVIDENCED BASE AND
PEOPLE GET TO
COME IN A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH
AND GET THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE
CHECKED.
WE ARE DOING THAT VIRTUALLY NOW
BECAUSE OF THE NEW NORMAL WE
HAVE GOING ON.
PEOPLE COME IN AND GET THEIR
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED AND TALK
TO SOMEONE LIKE ME, A HEALTHY
HEART INVESTOR.
WE OFFER A MONTHLY
NUTRITION
SEMINAR THAT WE ARE DOING ON
ZOOM AS WELL.
THAT GETS FOLKS INFORMATION ON
HOW TO CHANGE THEIR DIET IN
ORDER TO BRING THEIR BLOOD
PRESSURE DOWN, MAKE SMALL
DIFFERENCE THAT CAN MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE -- MAKE SMALL CHANGES
THAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
DAVID: A SPECIAL OFFER
THIS
MONTH WHEN IT COMES TO THE
PROGRAM --
WE ARE RAISING OUR
REGISTRATION FEE.
THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAM
IS
$250, SO WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY
ENOUGH TO PARTNER WITH THE NEW
MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SO
THEY ARE HELPING US WITH GRANT
MONEY TO RUN THE PROGRAM THROUGH
THE YMCA.
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE ARE
WAIVING OUR FEE.
IF YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A BLOOD
PRESSURE MONITOR, WE
WILL SELL
YOU ONE FOR $30.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO
LOSE WEIGHT -- YOU WANT TO CHECK
YOUR WEIGHT REGULARLY.
SO YOU KNOW THESE THINGS I NEED
TO CHANGE IN MY LIFESTYLE IN
ORDER TO BE MORE HEALTHY.
THESE DAYS WHEN A LOT OF THINGS
ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL.
IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE BUT VERY
EFFECTIVE.
DAVID: AND NEVER TOO LATE TO GET
STARTED.
WHERE CAN WE FIND MORE
INFORMATION, SARAH?
YMCA.CNM.ORG/BP
OR YOU CAN
CALL THE YMCA.