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Omegawave
Readiness Assessment
Avoid injuries by managing your recovery with objective physiological feedback. Physical and psychological stress leads to increased sympathetic (fight or flight) activity, resulting in higher heart rates and elevated stress hormones throughout the body. The time required to restore pre-exercise autonomic nervous system function depends on both the level of exercise you engage in and the amount of psychological stress you experience. Factors such as high-intensity exercise, exercise duration, poor sleep, inadequate nutrition, and work stress stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, negatively affecting recovery. But how do we measure this? We utilize markers such as parasympathetic activity, which is linked to better recovery and overall readiness to perform in daily life. At SquareONE Rehabilitation, we employ the Omegawave as a key output measure that aids clinicians in delivering appropriate recovery interventions to assist with autonomic nervous system regulation and promote recovery. Below are the central components that constitute an Omegawave assessment.
Central Nervous System (CNS) Readiness:
Both the CNS Readiness and DC-Potential indexes are plotted on intuitive graphs, allowing you to track your athletes’ level of activation and monitor the effects of environmental stressors and training loads on each individual’s central nervous system. By managing recovery with trend graphs and objective physiological feedback, you can effectively reduce injury risk. Push your limits and assess the outcomes. Train efficiently, stay on track, and set your next goals even higher.
Cardiac System Readiness via Heart Rate Variability:
Based on Heart Rate Variability (HRV), the Cardiac Readiness score reveals how effectively your body has recovered from previous training or stress. It assesses the regulation of cardiac function by the sympathetic (“Fight or Flight”) and parasympathetic (“Rest & Digest”) branches of your autonomic nervous system. For instance, exercise is a form of stress for the body, and physiological markers measurable by the Omegawave can indicate this. High-intensity training triggers substantial stress hormone release. Excessive amounts of these stress hormones can have adverse effects, which can also be identified through the Omegawave. This output measure guides clinicians in providing targeted treatment interventions to support autonomic nervous system regulation and streamline recovery. This is just one application of the Omegawave.
Energy Supply System:
Monitor how your athletes’ aerobic and anaerobic energy systems react to training and recovery. Omegawave's proprietary algorithm closely examines the electrical changes at the QRS and ST segments of the ECG.
Windows of Trainability and Training Advice:
View an overall readiness score, windows of trainability, recommended heart-rate training zones, and a graphical representation of the functional states of the cardiac and central nervous systems.
