Patent ID: 6836681
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method of enabling a person to reduce tension as a way of improving the possibility that the person will reach a desired level of performance during a tension-causing event, comprising:selecting a monitor capable of measuring the heart rate of a person and including a display constructed to show heart-rate variability (HRV); connecting a person to the monitor; allowing the person to view the display of their own HRV while connected to the monitor; communicating to the person a desired range of HRV and an undesired range of HRV; teaching the person how to breath to reach the desired range of HRV and to verify that the person reached the desired range of HRV by viewing the display; directing the person to think of a tension-causing event; and repeating the teaching step until the person reaches the desired range of HRV while thinking of the tension-causing event.