Benchmarking

Laboratoris Esteve S.A

Is a Spanish pharmaceutical company that sells various types of medicines, from human consumption of veterinary drugs related. One of its star products and the one that are tackling one of our challenges is the “DormiNatur”.

The “DormiNatur” is a food supplement made of Melatonin, Passiflora and GABA. It is taken by pills and it favours resting during the beginning of the sleep and during the rest of the night. It is especially recommended for shift workers, ancient people, people suffering from jet lag, post-vacation periods, people with sleeping trouble, etc. You can take one pill per day.

This company provides a product that is tackling the problem of sleeping troubles. This product is cheap (about 7€) and works, as this is one of the most purchased medicines in our country.

MBT Shoes

Is a company that fabricates physiological shoes with a special sole, designed to simulate the effect of walking on a soft surface, like sand. The company claims that the usage of this type of shoes helps you:

• Having better balance      
• Having better posture
• Improve venous return     
• Reduce the lumbar pain
• Increase the muscular activity

The company provides 3 different type of shoe, each one designed for a specific purpose:

Active shoes:

• For people with low level of instability
• Plain sole
• Adequate for lesser hits and more activity

Dynamic shoes:

• For people with medium level of instability
• Sole with a medium curve
• Adequate for moderate usage

Performance shoes;

• For people with high level of instability
• Heavy curvature on the sole
• Adequate for a high level of activity.

This company is providing various products to tackle the problem of back pains and posture problems. These products price range from 100€ to 300€, so we could consider this solution as a little luxury that not many people can afford, but we have found many websites that support this kind of product and validates its benefits.

Duet Fit

Duet Fit gyms are located in different areas of Barcelona. They offer flexible schedules, clean and well-cared facilities and a lot of experts.

In these gyms, they offer guided classes of different exercises such as yoga, Pilates or cardio sessions. 

They solve a very important need in the actual market, help people to do exercises that provide us a benefit for both mental and physical health.

Furthermore, exercise strengthens muscle structure. This will affect your posture and reduce stress on muscles and ligaments.

Cervical Pillow Termalfresh Yin-in

This model has a core made of viscoelastic thermosensitive, perforated. The C-shaped design, which allows correct shoulder placement. In this way, the entire head rests on the pillow. This maximization of the support points of the entire upper body to the base of the neck eliminates tensions on the muscles of the cervical area. This favors greater relaxation.

All this is especially interesting for sleepers who sleep on their side, on a high firmness. Since you can enjoy a perfect alignment of the back it is excellent to rest because of the quality.

Another advantage is the breathable, made for people that have warmth during sleep or those who are sensitive to temperatures. That’s because of the fabric of the pillow that makes possible the air moving in and out.

Aplication Petit BamBou

Petit Bambou offers a catalog of guided meditations organized by themes with more than 440 sessions, including 8 free on: “Discovery program to begin in meditation”. The different programs cover topics such as sleep, stress management, anxiety or compassionate parenting.

According to much research, meditation can help to mitigate the tension in the cervical area and relieve the pain more easily.

This tension relief will also affect sleep and postural health. That is because tension cause difficulties to fall sleep. Furthermore, the tension will force, unconsciously, an incorrect body posture.