Systolic Blood pressure

When your heart beats, it squeezes and pushes blood through your arteries to the rest of your body. This force creates pressure on those blood vessels, and that’s your systolic blood pressure.

• A normal systolic pressure is below 120.
• A reading of 120-129 is elevated.
• 130-139 is stage 1 high blood pressure (also called hypertension).
• 140 or more is stage 2 hypertension.
• 180 or more is a hypertensive crisis.