Not only can stress have a negative impact in our energy and focus, but it can also make it harder for us to sleep during the night.
One of those ways is none other than the by wearing the Apollo Neuro on a regular basis.The Apollo Neuro is a wearable device that can regulate your HRV (Heart Rate Variability) via gentle vibrations in order to improve your resilience to stress, which can ultimately help you to focus, recover, sleep, and more.
Contrarily to that, a lower HRV might mean that you're getting sick (or you're already sick) or that you're under a lot of stress and you (and your body) are not being able to deal with it to well.In fact, a recent study conducted by the University of Minnesota has demonstrated that the Apollo Neuro can help you improve your resilience to stress in a very effective way, mainly in terms of enhancing your athletic performance, reducing your blood pressure, and reducing your heart rate.Not only that, but one other study from the University of Pittsburgh clearly show that the Apollo Neuro can also help to improve your focus levels and your cognitive performance, as well as help to improve your Heart Rate Variability.Lastly, on another study that was also conducted by the University of Pittsburgh, the research showed that the Apollo Neuro could also help people that are passionate about meditation to achieve a significantly deeper meditative state while using this health and wellness wearable device.MAIN USES OF THE APOLLOBasically, the Apollo Neuro works together with its Smartphone Companion App, which offers you different operation modes that allow you to choose exactly how you’d like to feel.
That said, contrarily to many other health and wellness wearable devices that you can currently find available on the market, the Apollo's simple interface makes it fairly easy to use, as the device only features 2 buttons.Now, the main unit comes integrated within a durable yet super-smooth adjustable Velcro bracelet that's actually quite comfortable to wear.In fact, this health and wellness wearable device comes with two (x2) straps of different lengths included, which are basically a Wrist Strap (slightly shorter than the ankle strap) and an Ankle Strap (slightly longer than the wrist strap).Now, in most cases, you'll probably be looking to wear the Apollo on your wrist, and for those cases, I'd say that the wrist strap is actually quite comfortable for all-day wear, unless you really have to work with your laptop's or desktop computer's keyboard a lot, or alternatively, that you really have to write by hand (meaning pen and paper) a lot throughout your working day.Alternatively to wearing it on your wrist, it's worth to mention that if you prefer, you could also wear the Apollo Neuro around your ankle by simply installing the unit within its Velcro Ankle Strap, which in my opinion, would be a great choice of use for anyone who works with their hands a lot.CONNECTIVITYSince the Apollo is supposed to be connected with its Smartphone Companion App (as mentioned earlier), it also features Bluetooth BLE 5.0 Connectivity.Additionally, whenever you want to have the unit on "Stand-By", you can also activate its Airplane mode.BATTERY & BATTERY LIFENow, since the Apollo Neuro is designed to be used as a wearable health device, the main unit is obviously powered by an internal rechargeable battery, which, once fully charged, can provide you with around 6 to 8 hours of continuous use.That said, to recharge the device's internal battery, you simply have to connect its Micro-USB to USB-A Charging Cable to both its Micro-USB Charging port and to its Power Charger's USB-A Charging port.For its charging time, you're require to have the device's battery charging for at least a couple of hours, so my advice would be to leave it charging over night (unless your main goal is to wear it during your sleep time to ultimately help you feel more calm and more relaxed).HOW DOES IT WORK?Now, in case you're wondering about exactly how the Apollo Neuro works, the general idea behind it is that this health and wellness wearable device is going to give you the benefits of Meditating or Deep Breathing without you necessarily having to do that constantly.
As mentioned before, the way the Apollo Neuro can achieve this is by using gentle, yet very specific vibration patterns, which are basically used to help your body activate its Parasympathetic Nervous System - which is responsible for our body's rest and digestion response when the body is relaxed, resting, or feeding by undoing the work of sympathetic division after a stressful situation, and is also responsible for decreasing respiration and heart rate and increasing your body's digestion.
"When we are physically or mentally tired or feeling stressed out, activity in the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) branch of our nervous system is diminished, while the sympathetic (fight-or-flight) branch of our nervous system is activated.