ABSTRACT

Background: Hypertension is an increase in systolic blood pressure above or equal to 140 mmHg
and diastolic blood pressure above or equal to 90 mmHg. Handling hypertension with
pharmacology and non-pharmacology. One of the non-pharmacological treatments is progressive
muscle relaxation. Objective: to analyze progressive muscle relaxation therapy to reduce blood
pressure in patients with hypertension. Method: the method used in this paper is a case study
conducted on two elderly patients with hypertension. The progressive muscle relaxation technique
is carried out once a day with a duration of 10 minutes of monitoring time for three days. The
research location is RW 011 Margahayu East Bekasi. Results: after progressive muscle relaxation
therapy in both patients showed a decrease in blood pressure with an average decrease in systolic
blood pressure of 140.3 mmHg to 133.6 mmHg with a difference of 6.7 mmHg and a decrease in
diastolic blood pressure of 87.5 mmHg to 86.8 mmHg with a difference of 0.7 mmHg. Conclusion:
there is an effect of progressive muscle relaxation on lowering blood pressure in patients with
hypertension.

Keywords: hypertension. Progressive muscle relaxation therapy, blood pressure reduction