Be more active in your heart health
Heart health and health monitoring, explained clearly
Active Heart Health helps make cardiovascular health easier to understand in everyday life, whether you are trying to make sense of a reading, use a monitor correctly, choose a suitable device or simply learn more about your heart health.
Understand blood pressure, heart rhythm and health monitoring with clear, evidence-informed information designed for everyday life
General health education only. Active Heart Health does not provide personalised medical advice.
What would you like help with?
You do not need to know the medical terms before you begin. Choose the option that best matches what you want to understand.
I want to understand high blood pressure
Learn what high blood pressure means, why repeated readings matter and how it is usually identified and monitored.
I need help choosing a blood pressure monitor
Understand clinical validation, cuff size, useful features and what to consider before choosing a monitor.
I want to take better blood pressure readings at home
Follow a clear measurement technique and learn how to collect a useful short series of home readings.
My monitor has shown an irregular heartbeat alert
Learn what irregular-heartbeat indicators can and cannot tell you, and understand more about irregular heart rhythms and atrial fibrillation.
I want to understand my heart health better
Start with how the heart works, then learn about factors that can affect heart health and the measurements commonly used to monitor it.
Welcome to Active Heart Health
Helping make heart-related health easier to understand in everyday life.
Your heart works quietly in the background every day, but many important signs of heart health, such as changes in blood pressure, can be easy to miss. At Active Heart Health, we focus on helping you make sense of what’s happening inside your body so that you can feel more informed and confident about your health.
Active Heart Health is an educational resource designed to support understanding and awareness. It does not provide medical advice.
Here, you’ll find clear, approachable information to help you:
Understand how your heart works and what keeps it working well
Learn about common ‘silent’ health risks, such as high blood pressure
Understand how home monitoring devices are commonly used, and what they can (and can’t) tell you
Learn about everyday habits that are often linked with long-term health
Whether you’re beginning your wellness journey, managing known risk factors, or simply curious about your cardiovascular health, you’ll find guidance designed for real life.
Your heart matters, and understanding it is often the first step.
Ian, founder of Active Heart Health
With 15 years of experience in cardiology, I founded Active Heart Health to help make heart health and home monitoring easier to understand.
Explore our heart health topics
Understanding how your heart works
Clear, easy-to-follow explanations of how the heart functions and why understanding the basics can make other heart-health information easier to follow.
Hidden health risks
Some cardiovascular risk factors can develop without causing obvious symptoms. We explain what they mean, why they matter and how they are usually identified and monitored.
Health monitoring devices
Understand commonly used devices that measure or track aspects of your health, what they may be useful for and the limitations to consider when choosing or using them.
Take Better Home Blood Pressure Readings
Download our free Home Blood Pressure Checklist & 7-Day Log
Follow a clear step-by-step checklist, then record seven days of morning and evening readings. Print the log and complete it by hand, or type directly into the fillable PDF and save a completed copy on your device.
