Checking Your Blood Pressure? You Might Want to Lie Down. When it comes to measuring blood pressure, the traditional approach has been to have patients sit upright. However, recent studies suggest that taking blood pressure measurements in a lying position may provide more accurate results. The debate surrounding the sitting versus lying position for blood pressure measurements has been ongoing for years. Advocates of measuring blood pressure while sitting argue that this reflects real-life scenarios, as most people are upright while having their blood pressure checked. On the other hand, proponents of the lying position argue that it reduces the … Continue reading Should doctors take blood pressure in sitting or lying position? What do new studies say about this?