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Mobile Apps and the Path of Wellness

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Today the healthcare market is witnessing a steady flow of mobile apps thanks to innovations in software apps and the change in the whole way of looking at problems and solutions. Acceptability of products like smart phones, tablet computers and personal digital assistants continue to encourage entry of more and more complex mobile apps into the healthcare market. 

World of Mobile Apps

The developers are using mobile platforms to deliver a wide range of useful health-related apps. iPhones, Androids, cloud computing and many other mobile devices from developers have successfully penetrated into the healthcare field in a short span of time, giving patient wellness the extra push. Evolving mobile healthcare technologies provide consumers with real-time care. Physicians now agree that mobile health practices are a better way for providing improved patient care.

Apple came out with a third generation iPad last month. It has several features that appeal to the medical community. The increased graphics capability and camera resolution combined with the high speed internet, opens up a new path for several applications in telemedicine and m-Health in general. The high resolution ‘retina display’ gives a better view of images to radiologists. This model with an improved HD screen would set the stage for several clinical uses, argue some experts. iPads have gained popularity in medical academics too.

Many hospitals and clinics are on the path of adopting e-health apps today. Take for example the Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Florida and Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, where iPhones are widely used. For “anywhere anytime computing”, they find iPhone as the best platform for running applications of their choice. The Texas Health Resources, a healthcare provider with 24 hospitals has half-a-dozen smart phone and tablet apps running on iOS and Android. 

“Non-phone” Wellness Apps

It looks like time has arrived for the “no-phone” wireless wellness devices. AT&T has recently launched a child tracking device and a personal monitoring device meant for senior citizens besides a GPS locator paving the way for further innovations in tracking technology. The company is already selling the “BioHarness” a physiological monitor that records heart rate and other related data. It plans to sell these tracking devices embedded in clothes and provide wireless connectivity needed to push the gathered data to the web and smart phones. It has also identified a market with senior citizens, particularly those who wish to remain in their homes. It hopes that once these apps start feeding healthcare providers with updated information without any interruption, the huge population – young and old, healthy and chronically ill, would seek their conditions to be monitored. According to company officials, this would perk up the demand for these new devices.

According to a study by the Boston Consulting Group and Telenor Group, with Mobile Healthcare cost of care for the elderly would go down by 25% and that it would positively influence the economic growth of nations and promise better life for individuals. A 2011 m-Health Report projection show the number of people using Mobile Health Apps touching 500 million. That means for the next two years the health care market is going to keep us engrossed.

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New York-Based Massage Therapist Karina Yanku Announces Increased Bookings After Being Featured in Edya Kalevs MELT, Yoga and Wellness Newsletter

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 18, 2013

Serendipity is a beautiful thing; especially when one steps back and allows the Universe to work its magic. Take, for example, a chance meeting back in 2008 at a wellness seminar at Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre in Times Square. Karina Yanku, a massage therapist and Edya Kalev, a yoga instructor, have stayed in touch; sharing ideas, inviting each other to networking events, and supporting each others endeavors. Recently, Karina Yanku was featured in the MELT, Yoga and Wellness newsletter, and is amazed at how her client base has doubled since this singular article was published just two months ago. Ms.Kalev was so touched by Yankus story of how she overcame a childhood brain injury and took inspiration from her recovery to create OANAMassage to help with coordination, balance and memory.

 

As the first-born of three girls, Yankus mother was in labor with her for 18 long hours. When she was born everything appeared normal, but as she was developing, her parents noticed that she was having difficulty with locomotion, eye-hand coordination and severe behavioral issues. Her parents went on a painstaking mission to find a doctor who could help figure out what was going on, and it was discovered that she suffered a brain injury – either in utero or because of a long, traumatic birth.

 

Although Ms.Yankus parents were told by countless doctors that she’d never develop the coordination to ride a bicycle and would remain remedial for the rest of her life, as fate would have it, their best friends had also a son with a brain injury. It was through them that they learned about the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, a cutting-edge, progressive facility that treats brain-injured patients through a unique process called “Patterning”. This Patterning is designed to train the uninjured part of the brain to overcompensate for the part that is injured, thereby “rewiring” a patient’s neurological connections and improving functions.

 

Until she received this therapy, the only things that would calm her down were rhythm and music. Her father also had a love for music, as well as her grandparents, who would buy her toy instruments so that she could “jam” with Dad. As the oldest child, she also possessed a strong maternal instinct, and enjoyed helping to care for her two younger sisters. As a kid growing up in the 60s, Yanku had two distinct career ambitions: to be a nurse so she could take care of people, or to be one of the Beatles so she could make music.

 

Fast-forward past an unhealthy detour into the corporate world, she came to an awakening of sorts during a spiritual retreat in Upstate New York in 1996. Through group meditation and chanting, she became reacquainted with her passion for healing. It was at that point that she enrolled in massage school, and she hasn’t looked back since. Becoming a massage therapist has been the most rewarding decision shes ever made.

 

Wanting to combine her musical talents into her massage practice, four years ago Yanku embarked on a creative mission to develop OanaMassage, the first-of-its kind rhythmic, choreographed massage with it’s own musical score that matches every single massage stroke. The entire session is performed at 60 beats per minute, which, research has proven, assists with right/left brain synchronization, and also mimics the collective rhythm of the Earths Core, otherwise known as Schumanns Resonance.

 

So, what happens during an OanaMassage? Essentially, a persons right (creative) brain is enjoying the massage and the music, while the left (logical) brain is recognizing the corresponding patterns of the music and the massage in sync with each other. When a person receives OanaMassage frequently, he/she may start to anticipate the musical rhythm and the sequence of massage strokes, thereby enhancing healing on a much deeper level.

 

Karina Yanku, LMT is a New York-based massage therapist and musician who specializes in touch, rhythm and sound for the body, mind and soul. For more information, email info(at)karinyanku(dot)com or visit http://www.karinayanku.com.

 

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