“I feel like I’ve gone backward” – Tara Davis Woodhall. The statement came when the Olympic champion was reflecting on her ADHD. The woman had had the privilege of having the blue band hang on her neck and the Gold felt her heartbeat was once depressed. And it took such a toll on her that she wanted to quit the sport itself. But being the warrior she is she stood back up and we all know how that worked out. Now once again, another health issue is bugging the long jumper. What is it this time?
The Olympian wrote in her Instagram story today, “Just had the most insane food poisoning. I get food poisoning a little to often. But it kinda cool to see my Oura working the way it does.” The Texas native is once again down with food poisoning, as per her Instagram story, and it’s now new for her. Back in 2024, she was going for a shoot when the disease hit her, and most recently, in February 2025, she is once again dealing with it.
Tara, attached a screenshot of the official Oura app – The primary app for interacting with the Oura Ring. There was a graph literally showing how stressed she was at different times during the day.
Tracking her daily movement, the ring also showed how many hours she has been stressed for. The length was 1 hour and 45 minutes. She was restored for half an hour. The app also gave her a stress notification 38 minutes before she uploaded the story that read, “Your body has experienced some stress today, but your resilience is solid. Just keep listening to your body and balancing stress with recovery.”
Now the official website of the Oura ring says that the ring utilizes advanced technology and data on over 30 biometrics to help you accurately monitor and enhance your wellness with precision and style. What they do not tell is that it can also save lives.
The Oura Ring saved Tara Davis Woodhall’s husband’s life
Remember, early this year when Hunter Woodhall had to receive emergency appendix surgery? The man who was on his way to check on his dad, who had had heart surgery, found himself in the hospital with his guts open. What is interesting here is he might have not realized this if not for the Oura ring and app.
In an Instagram post, the Paralympian said the Oura ring “may have saved my life.” While on the flight to visit his dad, Hunter felt stomach cramps. He thought that this might be due to the blue cheese on the salad he ate on the flight earlier since he had developed a wired intolerance to lactose after COVID-19. But things were way worse, even after throwing up all night he did not realize how bad the condition was and decided to doze off.
The next morning when he woke up he was greeted by Oura notification that suggested something was seriously off with his health. Now Hunter had been wearing the ring for almost 4 years and not once had he seen that notification before that day. “This instantly caught me off-guard.” He said. The notification warned him of his resting heart rate and an increase in body temperature above the normal range.
“Knowing the pain was in my right abdomen, I searched what the symptoms [were] for appendicitis, and all those symptoms lined up to what the ring was saying,” he said. As a result, the Paralympic gold medalist rushed to the hospital, got a CT scan. Diagnosed with enlarged appendix. The next thing to follow was him being in OT and getting it surgically removed. Integrating tech with health is one of the best things to happen, don’t you think?
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