Ever use a wrist blood pressure monitor?

The "squeezng" is to be sure the cuff has gone high enough to block blood flow through your artery, regardless of which artery. If it mdoesnt do that the measurement is meaningless.

The systolic pressure, the upper number, is recorded when blood pressure in your artery is higher than that in the measuring cuff. If a physician takes it using a stethoscope they listen for the first sound as blood courses through the artery. If a machine it senses thst push of blood. If you look at the meter, you can see the indicator swing a little.

To be reliable, sit quietly in a chair with the cuff close to the level of your u r heart, use the left arm, be sure you do not cross your legs, keep both feet on the floor.

Yeah, it seems to work better for me tbh

Yes ,they're fine

The one I have is a wrist model and it works fine. 🙂

Yes, they don't seem to be as accurate as brachial artery cuffs. X

Yes I have one, I always try to use it when I am very calm, listening to some music that I very much enjoy and in a very calm and comfortable place. I always take a few deep breaths before I do it as well. I close my eyes and I don't focus on the machine.

Honestly never knew there was a wrist model. The arm cuff doesn't bother me but i have never had one squeeze my arm super tight. I'd contact the manufacturer. It might be a defective unit.

The cuff? I've used it, no big deal.

I have one. It's easier to use but you have to position it right. It still gets tight however so I don't know if it will help you or not.

We have used the wrist cuff and the arm cuff. I checked both against the unit in my doctor's office, and the arm cuff was much more accurate. Maybe it was the quality of the wrist unit, but it was easy and wrong. We only have the arm cuff at home now.