EFR 668: Using Virtual Reality to Treat Chronic Pain, Increase HRV, and Improve Mental Health with Celine Tien

Celine Tien is here to talk about the virtual reality (VR) platform Flowly for those with chronic pain/illness and using biofeedback to take control of your nervous system.

Feeling just a little bit better each day can have a massive domino effect on your life. Celine’s greatest advice is to go out and find that thing that’s going to create that domino effect. It could be going on a daily walk, it could be cutting out caffeine, or it could be Flowly…

Celine is the Founder and CEO of Flowly, a holistic brain-body program for retraining your autonomic nervous system. Flowly is NIH-backed and studied by UPMC and USC as an opioid-sparing pain management device. With Flowly, you can learn to shift your body from pain to flow state. 

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Key Highlights

• Do we need another piece of technology like Flowly to help our mental wellness? Who is Flowly for? Celine breaks down why VR is necessary for their target market: people with chronic pain and chronic illness. She shares how growing up around pancreatic cancer, an extremely painful, anxiety-inducing illness, became the inspiration behind Flowly.
• Celine shines light on how she’s taking care of her mental health as an entrepreneur and founder of a start-up. She emphasizes the importance of leaning on your community and practicing receiving feedback and help.
• What is biofeedback? Celine explains what it is and how it can help you learn to relax and shift your body into the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest mode). This can lead to better sleep, better recovery, and increased HRV (heart rate variability).
• Celine highlights the science behind Flowly, the accessibility and inclusivity of this technology, and the results they’re seeing in patients, including a 50% reduction in opioid usage! She then shares her thoughts on the opioid epidemic and their mission for patients using opioids.
• What is the Flowly user experience? Celine describes what it’s like to use Flowly and join the Flowly community. Chase also shares a bit about his experience using it.
• What’s next for the future of VR? What are some other potential uses of Flowly?

Episode resources:

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• Learn more about Flowly