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Experiencing Extra Stress?

Introducing 2 New Corporate Wellness Stress Tools:

Click HERE to download your FREE De-Stress Kit

emWave® Stress Overview

What is the emWave®?

The emWave® was developed by HeartMath in order to combat stress and improve physical, mental, and emotional health. Kersh Risk Management has partnered with HeartMath in order to create a stress system that can be used easily by employees around the globe to increase coherence and decrease stress.

Health Station Upgrade:

The

emWave

® Stress System currently available as an upgrade to the Health Station. For more information on adding the emWave® System to your company’s Health Stations, please contact your Account Manager.
Below you will find screen shots of this new and exciting service offering, built to improve the health of corporate employees and reduce the health care costs of your organization.


Here are the top 10 benefits of using the emWave®:

  1. The emWave® helps decrease stress by teaching proper coping mechanisms such as breathing techniques and improving thought processes that help stabilize biorhythms of the heart.
  2. The emWave® was built off of proprietary Heart Rate Variability (HRV) technology that literally measures the beat-to-beat variability associated with the heart.
  3. The emWave® is used by professional athletes to help focus and remove distractions during moments of intensity or high-stress.
  4. The emWave® can be used in conjunction with one-on-one health coaches to improve overall health and well-being as well as decrease binge eating, anxiety, and depression.
  5. emWave® technology is available for use via a hand-held Personal Stress Reliever (PSR) device that individuals can use at home, at work, or abroad to practice improving coherence levels.
  6. The emWave® is built into the Kersh Health Station in order to provide an online way to measure emWave® coherence levels and teach proper breathing techniques.
  7. By using the emWave®, companies can save a tremendous amount of money by reducing medical claims costs as reported by ICD-9, CPT-4, and Pharmaceutical codes.
  8. Investing in the emWave® system is an investment in the health and wellbeing of yourself and those around you.
  9. HeartMath has produced hundreds of validated programs to reduce stress by using the emWave®.
  10. High stress levels are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease, depression, and many other chronic diseases. The emWave® system helps combat all of these issues.

The video below provides an overview of the emWave® Stress System.

emWave® Stress System Introductory Video

What exactly is the emWave® Stress System? Take a few moments to watch this Introductory Video, and learn how you can use emWave® technology to combat stressful situations. The video is available for viewing here on or website or by watching it on You Tube by clicking on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flrMyVEJZs0 . This same video is also available for members using the emWave® Stress System via their company’s Health Station.

emWave® Stress System

The emWave® System is a part of the “Measure” section on your Health Station. After logging in and taking your Blood Pressure and Weight as usual, the emWave® System module will automatically begin. The first part of the emWave® System is a brief introductory video. In this video, Bruce Cryer, President and CEO of Heart Math, introduces the concepts of Coherence and Heart Rate Variability (HRV). He also explains to members what they will experience on the Health Station during the emWave® System module. This introductory video is played automatically the first time that members access the emWave® System. It is also accessible for viewing later by clicking on the “Watch Intro Video” button.

Stress Inventory Survey

After watching the introductory video, members will automatically be taken to the Stress Inventory Survey page. This page has a list of events such as “Divorce”, “Death of a close family member”, and “Marriage” that members can click if they have experienced that stressor within the past year. After clicking all of the appropriate events, members are given a statistically validated score, showing what their susceptibility to stress induced illness is.

Stress Test

After members have watched the initial introductory video and taken the Stress Inventory Survey, they will automatically be taken to the emWave® Stress Test Page. This page will be the first page that comes up from now on once a user has watched the video and taken the survey. To begin taking the emWave® Stress Test, members simply clip the emWave® sensor to their ear and press “Start”.

Personal Stress Score

After the test has been completed, members are presented with their personal Stress Score. The Stress Score is a number between 0 and 100 that represents how well they were able to get their body into a state of High Coherence within the given time period. As members improve their ability to reach High Coherence, they have the option of changing the Challenge Level associated with the test. Three Challenge Levels are available, including normal, medium, and high. The higher the Challenge Level, the more members must focus on positive emotions and the power of thought in order to fine tune their abilities to reach High Coherence. Lower Challenge Levels are easier to achieve by breathing alone, but higher Challenge Levels require the use of full mental concentration and focus.

Stress Calibration Process

Once the test has begun, a Breath Pacer will appear as well as the words “Calibrating…”. The calibration process takes 20-30 seconds. Calibration is necessary in order to synchronize the emWave® device with your body. Upon finishing calibration, the emWave® Stress Test will begin, which lasts 1 minute and 40 seconds (100 seconds).

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