Modern Technology Meets Ancient Wisdom to Address Back Pain - Using Wearables to Track and Improve Posture

In industrialized societies, a huge percentage of the population suffers from back pain. Back pain is the largest contributor to decline in productivity of workers, and costs $200 - $600 billion per year in the United States. The Gokhale Method® addresses back pain by teaching postural modifications. Crowdsourcing data shows the method to be an outlier in effectiveness for back pain. To support posture training, we developed SpineTracker™ and PostureTracker™, two wearable devices which provide real-time posture feedback to the student. SpineTracker is a five sensor unit that accurately shows the shape of the lumbar spine; PostureTracker is a two sensor unit that helps students to catch themselves when they depart from a personal ideal. During our presentation, we will give an introduction to the principles of the Gokhale Method and provide an overview of our research based on our wearables."

Dr. Bjorn Kruger

9/13/2022 6:00:00 PM