“I feel like I’ve gone backward.” Tara Davis Woodhall said on Threads on March 29. She was talking about her struggles with ADHD. The Paris Olympics gold medalist, back then, was reflecting on how ADHD has been a big concern for her for a long time and how she has learned to cope and manage it. But she feels that signs of ADHD are returning after the Paris Olympics. The update left fans and followers concerned! And now, once again, the long jumper has revealed about her another struggle with her health. 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.” The Texas native is once again down with food poisoning. Back in 2024, she was going for a shoot when the disease hit her, and she wrote on Threads, “Food poisoning the morning before a shoot is thrilling. How has this happened to me 2 times 😭.” And again, it’s back! But she has something that’s helping her to deal with it.

Tara Davis Woodhall further added in her Instagram story, “But it kinda cool to see my Oura working the way it does.” Tara also attached a screenshot of the official Oura application, 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. She started getting ‘stressed’ around 6:42 am, but it all subsequently came down, and she was ‘restored’ at around noon. But again, her stress level rose between 1:00 and 2:00 PM, and then at around 3:00 AM, her stress levels hit the peak.

Tracking her daily movement, the ring also showed how many hours she has been stressed for in total. And it was for around 1 hour and 45 minutes. Whereas she was restored only 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 at times. Sounds like a big claim, right? But Tara Davis Woodhall’s husband, Hunter Davis Woodhall, has the answer!

The Oura Ring saved Tara Davis Woodhall’s husband’s life

Remember, early this year, when Hunter Woodhall had to undergo emergency appendix surgery? Hunter was at home to check on his dad, who had had heart surgery, but found himself in the hospital under the scissors. What is interesting here is that he might not have realized this if not for the Oura ring and its application. 

In an Instagram post from March 5, 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 had earlier since he had developed lactose intolerance after COVID-19. Hunter did not realize how bad his condition was and decided to doze off. 

The next morning, when he woke up, he was greeted by a notification from the Oura app. It suggested something was seriously wrong 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 was rushed to the hospital and got a CT scan. Diagnosed with enlarged appendix. The next thing to follow was him being in OT and getting it surgically removed.