What does thriving mean to you?
We all come into this world, to live a fulfilling life. But what does it mean to be thriving and not merely living? The pace of modern life implies that we are often living at the edge of physical and mental discomfort. But our bodies and minds are not built to live in such chronic discomfort. Don’t forget however, that under the right conditions, our body can often heal itself - it just needs a little nudge at times. So, what nudge can we provide, to let our body-mind do its healing, so we can get up and thrive?
Upthrive - relieving discomfort, so you can get Up and Thrive.
At Upthrive, we understand that discomfort is a complex experience affecting the body and mind, and that the subjectivity of it does not reduce its intensity or validity, even when it is not visible to those around you. As scientists and engineers who are also outdoor enthusiasts, artists, authors, and musicians ourselves, we know that living up to our multi-faceted full potential needs us to not let discomforts overcome us. That is why we’re building a novel AI-powered therapeutic personalized wearable to give you relief from those chronic physical and mental discomforts, so that you can get back to being yourself again.
Chronic discomfort is on the rise
In the United States alone, one in three adults suffers from some type of chronic discomfort, totaling 100 million individuals. This includes migraine headaches, lower back pain, neck and shoulder aches, life-stresses on natural biological cycles for women and physical side effects of medication such as nausea. Worldwide, the rates are similar. Each individual is a unique story of suffering, forming a complex biological, psychological and social narrative that dictates their lives. This creates an invisible tapestry of agony that rules their everyday lives. Upthrive is here to address chronic physical discomfort in a personalized manner by tapping into specific neural networks associated with pain.
Emotional dysregulation is surging
Mounting evidence confirms our intuition of how the mind and body are connected through intimate ways, affecting how we process grief, anxiety, joy, worry, anger and fear. One in five adults suffers from some type of mental or emotional discomfort, totaling 60 million individuals in the US. This includes mood swings, irritability, anxiety, stress, and grief. Worldwide, the rates are similar. With the rise in other diagnoses such as ADHD and OCD, this emotional dysregulation is only expected to rise among younger adults. Upthrive is here to re-empower every suffering individual by addressing their emotional dysregulation by strengthening neurotransmitter release and targeting highly selective brain regions associated with emotional variability.
Current solutions miss the mark
What solutions are there today? Medication, therapy and supportive care are often the suggested solutions. Current medication approaches generally fall into two broad categories: systemic pain medications (often opioids) and peripheral nerve blockade (PNB) with local anesthetics. However, those solutions are either addictive with serious side-effects, or also block motor (A-alpha) fibers and non-pain sensory (A-beta) fibers (in addition to the A-delta and C fibers), which may increase the risk of patient injury. Therapy and supportive care may be expensive and difficult to access everywhere. Add to it insurance complexities and the fact that physical and emotional discomfort are interlinked and caused by a network of underlying problems that modern medicine does not fully address - patients are left to quietly endure. Three in four chronic pain patients is dissatisfied with existing solutions and feels that there is no alternative. Upthrive is here to put the patient back in the center of their own treatment and in control of their healing through a personalized and discreet platform, accessible to them anywhere and at any time.
Modern science meets natural wisdom and advanced technology
Upthrive is combining the rigor of modern science with the efficacy of natural human wisdom advanced technology, to disrupt the market around physical and emotional discomfort by providing a solution that is safe, effective, low cost, and personalized, handing power back in the hands of the patient. This is what happens when we combine 2000 years of Human wisdom with 100 years of investment in neuromodulation, semiconductor technologies and cutting edge artificial intelligence - we get Upthrive, and a thriving you!
