Healing Hypertension: A Revolutionary New Approach

By Samuel J. Mann

Book Overview

For years, up to 95 percent of the individuals diagnosed with hypertension have been told that the cause is a mystery. If you are one of them, this groundbreaking book can change your life with its revolutionary mind-body approach. In Healing Hypertension, Samuel J. Mann, M.D., of the renowned Hypertension Center of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, reveals a lifesaving new understanding of the causes of high blood pressure and the critical role of repressed or "hidden" emotions. He shows how: Long-standing, deeply hidden emotions may be elevating your blood pressure and blocking effective treatment Recognizing and attending to hidden feelings can actually lower your blood pressure and reduce your need for medication Using a revolutionary new method for selecting medications that fit your individ-ual needs can give you improved results with less trial and error Accessible as well as authoritative, Healing Hypertension features dramatic stories from Dr. Mann's own practice that demonstrate how many of his patients have actually achieved sustained lower blood pressure readings by honestly confronting the emotions they had unknowingly been keeping secret, even from themselves - sometimes for decades. The book outlines the different ways you can begin the healing process, including support groups, therapy, and nurturing a sense of connectedness with others. It also explains the appropriate role of medication in controlling high blood pressure. Dr. Mann draws on his experience in treating thousands of people with high blood pressure to reveal that, in many cases, what we aren't allowing ourselves to feel can affect our blood pressure more than what we are feeling. This is in direct contrast to the popular belief that hypertension is a disease of anxious, stress-ridden people. Dr. Mann clears up crucial misunderstandings surrounding hypertension that have led to overdiagnosis, unnecessary treatment, and misleading research findings. He backs up his clinical observations with the latest evidence from medical research. Whether you have struggled with the condition for years or have been newly diagnosed, Healing Hypertension is a book that offers unprecedented hope and new choices to every person with high blood pressure. Introducing a landmark, mind-body approach for overcoming high blood pressure "Dr. Mann's pioneering book is a precious gift to the millions who suffer with hypertension." -John E. Sarno, M.D. author of Healing Back Pain and The Mind-Body Prescription "In Healing Hypertension, Dr. Samuel Mann pushes the boundaries of medicine by demonstrating the emotional components of hypertension, one of the most serious health problems of our day. Healing Hypertension shows that it is not enough to attend to our physical bodies; we must look to our emotional life as well if we expect to be healthy and whole. This is an immensely important book." -Larry Dossey, M.D.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471175471
• ISBN13: 9780471175476
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.9" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent medical resource book

Great information about hypertension cause and effects and treatment available. Well written. The case studies were facinating.

Healing Hypertension by Mann

Hypertension is inferred from a blood pressure level of 140/90 or higher. Once diagnosed, it is necessary for a physician or medical provider to probe hidden emotions which may underlie the chronic nature of hypertension. Biofeedback and relaxation techniques may reduce hypertension to within manageable ranges. With the reduction of hypertension will come a lower blood pressure. Heart conductance disturbances may be managed by drinking less coffee and alcohol. IBS in women can come from sex abuse at some stage. Brain hypertension may come from the sympathetic nervous system, noradrenalin receptors or artery constriction. This book is not a cure-all; however, the author provides rational reasons and alternatives to manage hypertension constructively.

The Advice in this Book Really Works

I have had a problem with white coat hypertension for a long time. I read this book and following his advice regarding the problem of not dealing with hidden emotions has resolved my problem that I thought I could never overcome. I strongly recommend this book especially if you feel that you really don't have hypertension and are just very nervous when your blood pressure is taken.

Eminently helpful

This is one of the best books I've ever read on hypertension. Dr. Mann's style is gentle and knowing, and he makes the concepts easy to understand. And whether your high blood pressure is linked to your repressing your emotions or not, the latter part of the book offers an excellent overview of treatment options.

Fresh new medical and psychological insights

When I picked up Healing Hypertension, I was expecting yet another book on the mind/body connection of hypertension. To my pleasant surprise I found that the book offered fresh new ideas regarding both medical and psychological aspects of the cause and treatment of hypertension.Dr. Mann's viewpoint differs in many ways from traditional mind/body views. He emphasizes that hypertension is linked to emotions in some people, while it has nothing to do with emotions in others. He discusses how hypertension is linked more to the emotions we have hidden from ourselves than to the emotions we feel, which affect us only temporarily. People who never feel distressed about anything are more likely to develop hypertension than people who do. Traumatic events from the past can affect our blood pressure even decades later. Understanding this, and getting in touch with hidden emotions can then lower blood pressure. Dr. Mann makes his points using many very interesting and quite persuasive case histories and also discussion of many studies. I was very surprised at the considerable evidence that argues against the traditional mind/body concept.Dr. Mann also discusses how to pick the right blood pressure drug, depending on whether the hypertension is linked to emotions or not. Having felt like my doctor has been picking drugs without any rhyme or reason, and having found little information anywhere on how to pick the right drug, I found the chapter on drug treatment very important. Healing Hypertension is a fascinating book. It conveys a great deal of new information and yet reads more like a novel than a medical book. I highly recommend it to anyone living with the mystery of hypertension.