Dr. Katie ToThe Wellness Dentist, CEO and Founder of Center for Wellness Dentistry and Wellness Dentist Institute.

He Got Injured and His HRV Tripled — Here's What That Means

7 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dr. Katie To recountes a personal experience where intense pressure from 170 investors caused her to ignore her own health, resulting in a dislocated shoulder. After deciding to release that pressure and reframe her relationship to the injury, she observed a dramatic increase in her heart rate variability (HRV), tripling to a score of 97 within 24 hours. She explains that HRV reflects how the nervous system perceives reality, which is shaped by our senses and, most importantly, our thoughts and narratives. The speaker emphasizes that reframing one's story is essential for improving HRV and, by extension, overall well‑being.

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I had started talking about HRV coaching, but I was so intent on not letting my 170 investors down that I was blind. And this was my body saying it's time. And I, that day, realized, okay, I'm gonna let it go. And I kid you not, 24 hours later, same dislocated shoulder, same pain, but my HRV tripled. Tripled? 97. Wow. Simply from changing my relationship to the injury happening for me. That's the power of reframing. Because again, HRV is measuring how our body and nervous system perceive our reality. How do we perceive our reality? Through our senses, through our touch, through our taste, through our nose, through our eyes, through our ears. Through our senses. Yeah. But most of all, through our thoughts, through our relationship to our story. It's actually what materializes our environment. Reframing is so crucial for HRV growth.