Be more active in your heart health
Clear, practical guidance on heart health and home monitoring
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.
