Measuring your blood pressure at home helps you and your health care provider understand your blood pressure control on a day-to-day basis. If home blood pressure readings are done properly they can reflect your usual readings more than those done in your physician’s office. It can also help you to follow how medications and lifestyle changes are helping to control your blood pressure. This allows you to become an active partner in you management of your high blood pressure. It is important to know your numbers. By controlling your blood pressure it will help your decrease your risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and other problems.