TAKE A STRAIN CHECK
Identify where you sit on the Load Continuum: Balanced, Overloaded, Strained, or Stressed.
About Strain Check
What is Strain Check ?
Strain Check helps you understand your current Load State by assessing how much you're carrying (Load), how well you are restoring (Recovery), and what Effects are starting to show up.
It identifies where you sit on the Load Continuum - Balance, Overload, Strain, or Stress - and examines Load Distribution across different Life Elements, giving a clearer view of where Pressure may be building.
Why Strain Check ?
Most people don't move suddenly from Balance to Stress. Research in occupational health consistently shows a period beforehand where Demand is building, Recovery is reducing, and early Dysregulatory Effects begin to appear. Performance may still be functioning, but The System is under pressure.
That stage is Strain.
Strain and Stress
Stress is usually identified only once functioning is clearly affected. By then, Recovery takes longer, absence risk increases, and adjustment becomes more complex. Recognising Strain earlier creates a practical opportunity to act before escalation.
The Framework
WholeWell Awareness is the framework behind Strain Check. It translates established evidence about Load, Capacity, Resilience, and Recovery into a shared language that organisations and individuals can use. The goal is simple: identify Strain before Stress, adjust early, and reduce unnecessary decline in performance, health, and absence.
Strain Before Stress Calculator
WholeWell Awareness is about human performance under Load. It's preventive stress education, introducing load regulation and training to catch strain before stress. Try the "Absence Savings Calculator" below to see how it impacts bottom line.