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Health Wearables in Your Future?

  blog post author icon   blog post published date icon   05/06/23

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What's all the fuss about health wearable technology? Is it really useful? It seems to be popular and appears to have a future. Let's take a look and get the basics.

According to experts, the size of the global wearable medical device market was 21.3 billion in 2021. And they have estimated that this market will expand at a rate of 28.1% from 2022 to 2030. Health wearables are popular, and they should continue to be popular.

Why is this the case? Well, read on, and you can find out. And you might realize that you need some health wearables of your own.

What Are Health Wearables?

Health wearables are wearable devices that monitor a user's health data. Examples of forms of data that users track include heart rate, activity, sleep patterns, and blood patterns. These devices can also remind users about taking medication and so on.

How Do Health Wearables Work?

The exact way a specific health wearable works differs from others. This is because different health wearables have different jobs.

For example, some sleep trackers can use accelerometers to track a user's movement. If a user moves, the tracker knows the user has woken up. Other sleep trackers use microphones to track a user's noises.

Other devices use biosensors. Examples of these are photodiode sensors and CMOS sensors. These devices can capture pictures of veins to monitor health.

Benefits of Health Wearables

So why have these devices become so popular recently? There are many reasons why this has happened:

Can Sync to Other Devices

What if the screen on specific devices seems too small? This isn't an issue. Wearable health devices can sync to other devices like smartphones.

Users can view the data more quickly on these devices.

Has Small Batteries and Sensors

Recent advancements in sensors and batteries have caused these technologies to shrink. This has allowed monitoring devices to shrink as well.

So users don't have to worry about bulky devices. Instead, when they wear these devices, it should feel like they're not even there. Plus, fitting their devices into their bags will be more accessible when not wearing them.

Sends Information to Doctors

Sometimes, it's a good idea for medical professionals to monitor their patients closely. For example, certain patients have medical conditions that can erupt at any moment. When this happens, they'll need immediate medical attention that doctors can supply.

In other situations, doctors need this information to learn how to help their patients. Health wearables can help medical professionals in both cases. They can send patients' medical information to the doctors.

Help Users Monitor Health

People often want to better their health. So they will eat healthier, get more exercise, etc. They'll also track how they keep up with these new habits.

But they can only sometimes track how they're meeting their goals biology-wise, and having proof that their blood pressure is lower, sleep patterns are better, and more gives them biological evidence of success. This can give them the mental boost they need to continue reaching their goals.

Professional Health Wearable Trends

And not just individual users benefit from these devices. Conglomerates are benefiting in a few ways.

Insurance Rewards

Insurers are starting to offer health wearables to their customers. They will then offer reductions in costs if patients keep themselves healthy. This practice can help both the customers and the insurance companies.

Reduced Company Turnover

Some companies are offering their employees wearable health devices. They'll then incentivize employees to better their health. By doing so, companies experience lower turnover rates.

Different Types of Health Wearables

Not all health wearables are the same. Many have different purposes.

Wearables for Sports

People wanting to stay more active should reach for fitness trackers or wear. Some of these can track the number of steps a person takes daily and their heart rate. Fitbit watches are an excellent example of this.

Some sports wearables come in the form of clothes. By sensing vibrations, these types of devices track certain yoga moves. They can then inform the user if they do the yoga moves correctly.

Wearables for Sleeping

You can use various devices to monitor your sleep. These can be rings, headbands, or even phone apps.

As mentioned, the methods by which these wearables track your health vary. Therefore, you should use several apps or devices to see which works best.

Wearables for Glucose Monitoring

Patients used to have to prick their fingers to measure their glucose levels. Ouch! Now they have a device they can stick on their arm.

The device can connect to a phone sensor. This allows patients to monitor their glucose levels in real time. It lasts for up to seven days at a time.

Wearables for Blood Pressure Monitoring

Devices in this category are still large. They're the same size as the blood pressure monitors in doctors' offices. But checking your blood pressure at home saves you a trip to the doctor.

Plus, the device at the doctor's office won't send blood pressure information to your smartphone.

Wearables for Stress

Some devices can monitor how you can handle stress. As with sleep trackers, how these devices track your stress levels can vary. Some measure stress levels through skin conductivity and others through brain waves.

Many of these will monitor your stress levels as you do relaxation exercises. The device will give you feedback if you can't relieve stress.

Better Your Health With Our Supplements

As you can see, health wearables may be an option for you to better your health. Whatever health problem goal have, investigate and see if there is a device that can help you.

You may also be able to better your health with supplements. We're a reseller of professional-grade supplements and promote a well-being lifestyle.



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Jay Todtenbier is one of the founders of SupplementRelief.com in 2010 and has operated the business ever since. He is also a tennis instructor and gospel musician. Formerly, he spent 25 years in business development, technology, and marketing with startups and major corporations, having gone through the tech boom in Silicon Valley in the 90s. He became passionate about and began studying and practicing Wellness as a Lifestyle after experiencing chronic, personal health challenges, including depression, auto-immune disorders, and being overweight, which impacted his ability to live a healthy, vibrant life. Since then, he has advocated for healthier living, encouraging others to live better by making small, gradual changes to lifestyle behaviors relating to whole-food nutrition, stress management, reasonable exercise, proper sleep, and targeted high-quality supplements.

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