Get Hip to Hypertension
BMC and the American Heart Association (AHA) are teaming up to get your blood pressure down.
Starting November 1, we’re launching Check. Change. Control™, a three-month educational blood pressure management program. Everyone is encouraged to sign up, whether they have hypertension or not. Why? While you might not feel symptoms of your hypertension — high blood pressure — it could be silently causing serious problems inside your body.
To participate, you’ll take your blood pressure reading every month and record it on the AHA BP Tracker website. Then, you’ll learn what your numbers mean and what steps to take to get or keep them under control. Wireless blood pressure monitors will be available at all BMC offices.
When you get hip to hypertension, you’ll earn 100 bWell points. And, when you complete the program in February, your name will be entered into a drawing for tickets to the Heart Ball in Houston. The winner will receive two tickets to this gala event and airfare (if you don’t live in Houston). The Heart Ball is an annual black-tie celebration held in February featuring heart and stroke survivor celebrations, dinner, dancing, live band and live and silent auctions.
Watch your e-mail for details on how to get started.