Doctors and Your Data
Your watch records weeks of resting heart rate, HRV, breathing and sleep that no doctor normally sees. These guides show who can use that history for what — your GP, a cardiologist, a sleep specialist, a therapist or psychiatrist, a sports doctor — how to put it on one page, and where watch data stops: it points to a question, it is never a diagnosis.
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Doctors and Your Data: Which Specialist Can Use Your Heart, HRV and Sleep Trends
Your watch records months of heart rate, HRV, breathing and sleep. This guide shows which doctor can use that data for which problem — GP, cardiologist, sleep specialist, therapist or sports doctor — and how to bring it.
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Bringing Your Body Data to Therapy: How a Therapist or Psychiatrist Can Use It
Stress and emotion leave traces in your heart rate, HRV, breathing and sleep. Here's how a psychotherapist or psychiatrist can use that history — to spot triggers, build body awareness, track progress and watch medication effects.
Showing Your Heart Data to a Cardiologist: What They Can (and Can't) Do With It
A cardiologist reads your heart-rate trends differently from a GP. Here's what a heart specialist can take from a resting heart rate, HRV and breathing report, what tests they may use next, and where watch data stops.
Showing Your Heart Data to Your GP: What a Family Doctor Can Do With It
Your family doctor is usually the first person to see your watch data. Here's how a GP can read a heart-rate and HRV report, what help they can offer, and how to make the appointment count.
Showing Your Night Data to a Sleep Specialist: What It Can and Can't Tell Them
Your watch records every night — heart rate, HRV, breathing and sleep timing. Here's what a sleep specialist can take from that history, which tests they may use next, and why obsessing over sleep scores can backfire.
Showing Your Recovery Data to a Sports Doctor: Training, Overtraining and Coming Back Safely
Resting heart rate and HRV trends show how your body handles training. Here's how a sports medicine doctor can use them — to spot overreaching, find hidden causes of poor recovery, and guide a safe return after illness.
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Your Watch Data (Without Being Dismissed)
Your watch collects months of heart rate, HRV and sleep data your doctor never sees. Here's what clinicians actually find useful, how to prepare a one-page summary, and the questions worth asking.