Episode 42 - Can VR Really Improve Your Health?

On this episode of The Health & Happiness Podcast, we talk about some of the emerging science of using virtual reality for health purposes -- such as sleep, anxiety, chronic pain, and more! Lauryn also shares her personal experience with trialing VR for sleep & anxiety herself and how this has been improving her life.

Strength and balance in kids with CP:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tjem/238/3/238_213/_article/-char/ja/

Strength in the elderly:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003999312012439

Strength and balance inthe elderly:
https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/japa/25/4/article-p621.xml

Simulated nature:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02667/full

Podcast episode- benefits of nature:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/healthandhappinessinstitute/Episode_8_-_Nature.mp3

VR and Obesity:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/12/3634

VR and Chronic pain:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167523

VR and Sleep:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964339720300525
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10055-021-00571-w

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