Originally Posted by
bin tenn
33 (almost 34) here, some family history of early-ish heart disease - fatal, even. I completely understand your worry, no question about that. However, I can say that I occasionally feel these same sensations, and I highly doubt they're related to the heart at all. I get all sorts of stinging, aches, pains, numbness, tingling, etc in my neck, shoulders, back and arms. Yours, like mine, is probably related to nerves and/or poor posture (same problem here).
My BP also runs fairly high (145/90) in any professional setting, even a dentist office. If I check at a pharmacy or even at home, same thing. I always relax the best I can, take a reading, then sit for a minute or two and take another reading or two. The subsequent readings are always consistent and very normal (~120/68).
A single elevated reading is not indicative of any problem. At least, the way I understand it is you need to have multiple (not sure how many) instances of consistently elevated blood pressure at rest, without any factors such as anxiousness, then you *may* be diagnosed with hypertension.