PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent Gallup study found that poor sleep was linked to more than $44 billion in lost productivity, and Cedars Sinai has shown that lack of sleep leads to higher levels of stress, frustration, depression and anxiety. In an effort to help organizations actively address the mental health of their employees head-on, by improving sleep and lowering stress, Apollo Neuroscience is launching Apollo for Business. This new corporate program makes the scientifically validated Apollo wearable available to organizations of all sizes, delivering personalized soothing vibrations to restore sleep and energy, improving employee wellbeing and reducing burnout. Learn more at apolloneuro.com/pages/business.
Developed by a team of physicians and neuroscientists, the Apollo wearable is designed to offer the benefits of meditation, through the body’s natural response to touch. Just by wearing it, the Apollo wearable passively improves sleep, reduces stress, and improves productivity, focus, and mood by calming the nervous system, like effortless meditation. Apollo Neuroscience’s vibration technology has been scientifically tested across 7 clinical trials, with another 14 trials currently underway, and has been proven to deliver on average, 40% less feelings of stress and anxiety, up to 25% more focus and concentration, up to 10% faster physical recovery, and up to 30 more minutes of sleep a night. The Apollo wearable is currently the first and only wearable technology that actively improves heart rate variability (HRV), the leading biomarker predicting resilience, performance, and recovery1.
Apollo for Business, which has been in pilot development since earlier this year, delivers real-time stress management, energy, and focus, resulting in reduced burnout, and an increase in employee engagement, happiness, and productivity. The program will make Apollo wearables, along with a SmartVibes membership - Apollo Neuroscience’s AI-powered premium features that can predict when you will wake up in the night, and respond to help you stay asleep - available to college athletics and professional sports teams, government organizations and the military, transportation companies, healthcare organizations, and others, with accessible bulk order pricing and a limited time offer of a year free of membership for each participant at the organization.
“More than a third of Americans are Sleep deprived2. Sleep impacts our health in a myriad of ways, impacting our metabolic health, our propensity for illness and our mental health. ” said Kathryn Fantauzzi, co-founder and CEO, Apollo Neuroscience. “While wearables have been available through managed healthcare plans for organizations, the data alone doesn’t improve health outcomes. With our Apollo for Business program, we’re able to provide a mental health and wellness tool that proactively improves sleep and lowers stress, helping teams feel more rested and focused.”
BALANCING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH APOLLO
The body’s health depends on the dynamic relationship between the two branches of the autonomic nervous system - the parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) and the sympathetic (fight-or-flight). Using the body’s natural response to touch, the Apollo wearables' vibrations calm the body making it easy to relax, focus, and fall asleep easily at night.
Chronic stress strains the whole by over-activating the sympathetic nervous system, releasing stress hormones like cortisol making breathing shallow and faster while driving heart rate up and bringing HRV down. When the fight-or-flight response is overactive it makes it physiologically harder to focus, relax, or sleep. Feeling the Apollo wearable is more than vibrations, it’s a rhythm that aligns the nervous system, helping you feel at ease - the same way that the right song can set a mood when you’re wanting to rest or be energized.
“The challenge we’ve been training the Apollo wearable to overcome is solving complex public health problems, such as improving sleep and stress resiliency, and personalizing physical health outcomes,” said Dr. David Rabin, co-founder and chief medical officer, Apollo Neuroscience. “With more than a third of Americans reporting being sleep deprived, this lack of sleep not only translates to increased stress, but an overall decrease in productivity and performance. Apollo for Business provides a much needed tool to help companies improve employee burnout and actively support team mental and physical health.”
APOLLO SMARTVIBES POWERED BY AI
The Apollo wearable has an optional premium SmartVibes membership that will be available for free for one year for a limited time to organizations that sign up to the Apollo For Business program. With SmartVibes, Apollo Neuroscience has created the first wearable with AI-driven personalized sleep and stress-relief, using AI to actively prevent unwanted wake ups and keep people sleeping through the night. Apollo’s proprietary AI platform uses both predictive and generative AI to analyze health data like sleep quality, stress levels, HRV and heart rate to understand a user’s patterns over time to offer personalized stress-relief and prevention.
These personalized Vibes then play throughout the day to tune their nervous system and help accelerate the body’s recovery from stress. This shifts the body from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest, which is critical to staying calm and thinking clearly.
For a limited time, organizations who purchase 20 or more Apollo wearables qualify for a free year of the premium SmartVibes membership, valued at $199.99, for each participant. In addition to offering the Apollo wearable and the premium SmartVibes membership, the Apollo for Business program includes opportunities for private webinars and training unique to the needs of each participating organization. For more information on the Apollo wearable and the Apollo for Business program, please visit apolloneuro.com.
About Apollo Neuroscience
Apollo Neuroscience is pioneering a new category of wearable technology that actively improves health by engaging with the parasympathetic nervous system to calm the body and clear the mind through the sense of touch. The Apollo wearable was designed and developed by a team of neuroscientists and physicians to help tackle the problems of too much stress and not enough sleep. Born at the University of Pittsburgh, Apollo is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit apolloneuro.com.
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Hallihan, C., Siegle, G.J.,Effect of vibroacoustic stimulation on athletes recovering from exercise. EUR J Appl Physiol 122, 2427-2435 (2022). |
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https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/the-most-sleep-deprived-states |
