Balancing #Tech and Health: Insights from Dr. Erik Peper

Expert Series: PREMUS, WDPI, & MYOPAIN

🎙️Join us for this episode of the “Expert Series” featuring Dr. Erik Peper, an expert in holistic health, stress management, and biofeedback.

💻 Dr. Peper shares his insights on the intersection of technology and well-being as well as practical ways to address physical stress, understand the power of biofeedback, and find harmony between tech use and health.

Explore how chronic tech stress affects different generations and gain valuable perspectives on fostering a healthier relationship with technology!

Episode also available on YT!: https://youtu.be/hlk7H9_9ZaM

📄Dr. Erik Peper is an internationally known expert on holistic health, stress management, workplace health, and biofeedback.

Since 1976, he has taught at San Francisco State University (SFSU), where he has been instrumental in establishing the Institute for Holistic Health Studies - the first holistic health program at a public university in the United States.

He is also the president of the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe: https://biofeedbackhealth.org/

📄 More on Dr Peper:

Bio: https://rpt.sfsu.edu/ihhs/erik-peper-0

Book:

• Tech Stress: How Technology is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics: https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Tech_Stress.html?id=QNa7DwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Links to studies and articles discussed in the video:

• Still Face Experiment: https://youtu.be/vmE3NfB_HhE
• China is escalating its war on kids’ screen time: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/09/1077567/china-children-screen-time-regulation/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro to Tech Stress

06:30 The Importance of Biofeedback

10:40 On Tech Stress

16:59 Activation of Fight or Flight Response

20:20 The Importance of Movement

23:42 “Evolutionary Traps”: Culture and Technology

37:36 On Dr Peper’s upcoming Keynote

38:14 Striking a Balance

41:55 Education is Key

Disclaimer: Guest's views and opinions are their own and do not reflect those of the PREMUS, WDPI, & MYOPAIN 2023 Conference, its organizers, or of Recoup Health. The content provided in this series is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please seek counsel from a qualified healthcare professional for any health related decisions you need to make on behalf of yourself or a loved one.