If you wear a watch or ring, two of the most useful numbers it collects are your resting heart rate and your heart rate variability (HRV). VertigoMe reads both and uses them for the stress index and as early warning signs.
Resting heart rate
The number of times your heart beats per minute when you are still. Everyone's normal is different. What matters is a change from your own usual. A noticeably higher resting heart rate can mean your body is under strain from illness, poor sleep or stress.
HRV
The tiny differences in time between one heartbeat and the next. Higher HRV usually means you are well rested. Lower HRV usually means strain. HRV varies a lot between people, so comparing with someone else is not useful.
How VertigoMe uses them
- Stress index. The two numbers are combined into the 0 to 100 stress index on the Cognitive card. If your source is a Garmin watch or an Oura ring, VertigoMe uses the stress number the device reports instead.
- Early warning signs. Resting HR high, Resting HR low, HRV high and HRV low are automatic prodromes. When one fires, it counts in your risk score.
Where to see them
- Tap the Monitor tab.
- The Physical Health card shows HRV, Resting heart rate and Blood oxygen by default.
- The Cognitive card shows the stress index.
- Tap a card for all its metrics. The history graph is Premium.
What you need
A wearable that measures heart rate and HRV, syncing to your phone:
- iPhone: Apple Watch through Apple Health, WHOOP, Oura, Polar or Garmin through their own connections, or other watches through Apple Health.
- Android: WHOOP, Oura, Polar or Garmin directly, or other watches through Health Connect.
If the cards are empty
- Make sure your watch has synced today in its own app.
- Check Connections in the menu.
- Refresh Monitor: pull down on iPhone, or switch tabs and back on Android.
This is general information only.
