TAKE A PRESSURE SNAPSHOT
A short, lightweight questionnaire designed to give you a quick view of current pressure state and distribution.
TAKE A STRAIN CHECK
Did the Pressure Check suggest you were under pressure? Dive deeper and identify where you sit on the Pressure Continuum: Balanced, or under Adaptive Pressure, Chronic Pressure, Strain, or Stress.
CAPACITY CHECK
Micro-recovery is an important tool in pressure regulation, providing restoration of full capacity access for just enough time to make a difference. Run a capacity check to see if there's any sign of any kind of short-term decline that might suggest you could do with a boost. If you've not run a Capacity Check before, print the results and use the data for next time you visit, to see the difference.
About Strain Check
What is Strain Check ?
Strain Check is a series of tools from wholeWell Awareness to help you understand your current Pressure State by assessing the extent of cumulative demands you are carrying (Load), how effectively you are restoring (Recovery), and what Effects are starting to show up. As well as Pressure State, Strain Check also looks at Demand Distribution across different Life Elements, giving a clearer view of where Pressure might be building.
Why Strain Check ?
Most people don't move suddenly from Balance to Stress. Research across a number of disciplines consistently shows a period beforehand where Demand is building, Recovery is reducing, and early Dysregulatory Effects are beginning to appear. Performance may still be functioning, but The Body System is under pressure.
This critical awareness is what WholeWell Awareness is all about, through it's fantastic Human Pressure Dynamics programme.
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 as an earlier, dysregulatory pressure state creates a practical opportunity to act before escalation.
The Framework
WholeWell Awareness's Human Pressure Dynamics is the framework behind Strain Check. It translates established evidence about Pressure, 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 capacity, health, and absence.
Capacity Cost Calculator
WholeWell Awareness is about human performance under Pressure. It's preventive stress education, introducing capacity regulation and training to help identify strain before stress. Try the "Capacity Cost Calculator" below to see how it impacts bottom line.