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High Blood Pressure Support in Greenville, SC

High Blood Pressure Support at IHP Greenville. Dr. Hendry, DAOM — functional medicine, root-cause diagnostics, personalized care. Call (864) 365-6156.

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a leading cardiovascular risk factor affecting nearly half of all American adults. While medications effectively lower blood pressure numbers, they do not address the reasons pressure is elevated — arterial stiffness, gut dysbiosis, magnesium deficiency, chronic stress and cortisol excess, kidney dysfunction, sleep apnea, and chronic inflammation. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry offers evidence-based integrative support for hypertension — reducing blood pressure through root cause treatment rather than lifelong pharmaceutical management alone.

How High Blood Pressure Support Works

Blood pressure support at IHP combines functional medicine investigation (kidney function, inflammatory markers, magnesium and potassium status, cortisol curve, sleep apnea screening, and dietary analysis), acupuncture (which has documented antihypertensive effects via sympathetic nervous system reduction and endorphin release), Chinese herbal medicine (herbs with clinical evidence for blood pressure reduction, including dan shen and uncaria), and lifestyle protocol (dietary sodium, DASH diet implementation, magnesium supplementation, and stress reduction).

Conditions Treated with High Blood Pressure Support

Your First Appointment

Bring home blood pressure readings (multiple readings at different times of day are more informative than a single office measurement). Bring your current medication list. Describe dietary patterns, alcohol intake, stress level, and sleep quality.

Why Dr. Hendry for High Blood Pressure Support

Dr. Hendry's functional medicine investigation identifies the modifiable drivers of elevated blood pressure — magnesium deficiency, sleep apnea, cortisol excess — that conventional antihypertensive prescribing does not address.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — multiple randomized trials demonstrate acupuncture produces significant blood pressure reduction, particularly for stage 1 hypertension. The mechanism involves sympathetic nervous system regulation and improved cardiovascular autonomic function.
Magnesium relaxes arterial smooth muscle (vasodilation), inhibits calcium-channel activity, and reduces aldosterone-mediated sodium retention. Magnesium deficiency is extremely common and contributes to hypertension. Supplementation (magnesium glycinate 400 mg/day) produces clinically significant blood pressure reduction.
Yes — sleep apnea causes intermittent hypoxia that drives sympathetic activation and catecholamine surges — producing sustained hypertension. Treatment of sleep apnea often reduces blood pressure significantly.
For some patients with stage 1 or borderline hypertension, natural interventions can reduce blood pressure sufficiently to avoid or reduce medication. This should always be done in coordination with the prescribing physician with regular blood pressure monitoring.
DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension): reduces sodium, increases potassium (from fruits and vegetables), emphasizes lean protein and low-fat dairy. Additional evidence: Mediterranean diet, reduction of ultra-processed foods, and elimination of alcohol.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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