By Jennifer Walsh

This year has started out strong for the health and wellness industry. The boom in interest for new and better ways to track and monitor our personal health has us all feeling much more in control. For decades, the only real option we had to find out what was going on in our own bodies meant a trip to the doctor’s office, blood work, and tests, which often took up a lot of time. Not anymore!

Now we can wear items that watch our heart rate, oxygen levels, brain activity, and so much more. We can go to clinics with highly trained technicians that can do a multitude of tests all at once. We can now track and test just about anything to keep an eye on our health needs on a daily basis.

Take a look at a few incredible innovations and places we can’t stop talking about here at BELLA.

Oura Ring is one of the most innovative wearables on the market today. This state-of-the-art device allows you to monitor your heart rate, sleep, oxygen, menstrual cycles and so much more via their app. Tune into what your body needs with your readiness score.

$299 and up, OuraRing.com

Bellabeat Ivy Health Tracker is the first fitness tracker made specifically for women. This beautiful device looks like a fashionable bracelet while tracking menstrual cycles, fertility, and menopause symptoms, as well as heart rate, hydration, sleep, and more.

$249, Bellabeat.com

WHOOP is a wearable health and fitness coach that helps you achieve your wellness goals. The brand-new WHOOP 4.0 and app is super-designed to help you track your health habits and receive insights as to ways you can improve your scores, boost your daily recovery, and live a healthier and happier life.

$300 and up, Join.Whoop.com

Flowly is a brand new National Institutes of Health-backed at-home relaxation training program that uses virtual reality and biofeedback to help you manage pain and anxiety. This form of immersive mindfulness, achieved through their VR headset, a starter kit, and its app, will empower you to relax and reclaim calm in your day.

$44.99/month, Flowly.world

Modern Age is one of the innovative new spaces offering tests one would normally have to do at a lab or doctor’s office. Its flagship offering, the Aging Wellness Assessment, checks out 50 different biomarkers. You also get a dedicated one-hour session with a doctor to go through your test results at length and create a treatment plan to get to the best results around your health needs.

$500 and up, Modern-Age.com

Wave Neuroscience is a revolutionary braincare company that’s bringing mental health into the digital space. This is done with a three-step, non-evasive process starting with a 10-minute brainwave recording using a Brainwave Measuring Device (BMD), which reads, measures, and reveals precise brain health insights. Second, the data is analyzed to derive deep insights. Third, the team uses Sonal to reshape brainwaves to effectively boost brain health. Users report improved cognition, mood, sleep, and self-control. Nationwide locations are available, including in Englewood, NJ and Mt. Kisco, NY.

Prices vary, WaveNeuro.com