01/19/2026
⌚🌿 What Is the Oura Ring & What Is It Really Measuring? 🌿⌚
The Oura Ring is a wearable health tracker you can use at home, every day. It measures things like sleep, heart rate, recovery, and readiness—giving you ongoing insight into how your body is adapting to life.
But here’s what many people don’t realize:
👉 Most Oura Ring metrics reflect nervous system function.
Here’s how 👇
✨ HRV (Heart Rate Variability)
One of the most important metrics. HRV shows how well your nervous system adapts to stress.
• Higher HRV = better resilience and recovery
• Lower HRV = the body may be under physical, emotional, or neurological stress
✨ Resting Heart Rate (RHR)
Shows how hard your body is working at rest.
• A stable, lower RHR often indicates efficient nervous system regulation
• Increases may signal stress, poor sleep, illness, or overload
✨ Sleep Stages (Deep, REM, Light)
Sleep is when the nervous system resets and repairs.
• Deep sleep supports physical healing and immune function
• REM sleep supports brain processing and emotional regulation
✨ Body Temperature Trends
Small changes can indicate inflammation or stress before symptoms appear.
✨ Readiness Score
This reflects how prepared your nervous system and body are for the day based on recovery and stress signals.
💡 How this connects to chiropractic care:
In our office, we use the CLA Insight Scan to get an objective look at how your nervous system is functioning in real time—measuring stress, adaptability, and balance.
The CLA Scan gives us a clinical snapshot, while the Oura Ring provides daily, at-home feedback between visits. Together, they help families better understand how stress, sleep, movement, and chiropractic care are influencing nervous system health.
✨ Chiropractic adjustments support clear communication between the brain and body—helping the nervous system regulate more efficiently. When that happens, families often notice improvements in sleep, recovery, and resilience… both in how they feel and what their data shows.
💛 The goal isn’t perfect numbers—it’s a nervous system that can adapt, recover, and thrive.
