Testing, not guessing
A clearer picture.
A practical next step.
You bring your experience. Relevant tests bring additional information. Together, they help establish a baseline, choose informed next steps and review what changes.
Quantify
Start with the short discovery video or confidential, non-biological questionnaire. A discovery call explores your experience and work context. Where suitable, relevant testing can establish a measured baseline.
Correct
Explore appropriate nutrition, lifestyle and workplace steps. Medical concerns belong with an appropriate clinician.
Monitor
Review what has changed in your experience and relevant results. The standard SWS BalanceTest review is around 120 days; other tests may follow different intervals.
What we can look at
The science, in everyday language.
Tests measure particular markers. They do not provide a complete explanation of stress, fatigue, recovery or performance.
Cellular resilience
Look beneath everyday impressions with relevant biological information, including fatty-acid status. Results add context rather than explaining your whole health.
Metabolic balance
Understand selected markers involved in how your body processes energy, alongside your circumstances and any appropriate clinical advice.
Recovery
Consider whether work demands leave room for rest and recovery, and where health or working conditions need attention.
Capacity
Explore the demands on you and your team, the support available and where practical changes could help.
Testing options, when appropriate
BalanceTest
Measures fatty-acid status to establish a baseline and compare relevant changes at review.
Gut-related markers
Explore specific markers relevant to gut health. The selected test and what it measures are explained before you decide.
Vitamin D and HbA1c
Vitamin D testing measures vitamin D status. HbA1c provides information about longer-term blood glucose. Suitability and any clinical follow-up are considered individually.
You receive an explanation of your results, relevant next steps and a review plan. Laboratory measurements are distinguished from any calculated SWS interpretations.
Relevant test results give you a measured baseline, helping you choose informed nutrition, lifestyle and workplace steps and review changes over time. We bring those results together with your experience and work context, clearly distinguishing laboratory measurements from calculated SWS interpretations. Results support wellbeing decisions; assessment of burnout or medical concerns requires a wider professional evaluation.
Our preferred strategic laboratory service provider
Laboratory expertise from Vitas.
SWS has selected Vitas Analytical Services as our preferred strategic laboratory service provider. Based in Oslo, Norway, Vitas has provided specialist analytical services since 1994, with expertise in dried blood spot testing, fatty-acid and lipid analysis, and nutritional biomarkers.
Why Vitas? Their strengths include developing and validating analytical methods, experience supporting scientific research, and the ability to process blood spot samples at scale. This combination supports the practical sample collection and laboratory measurement that underpin our testing approach.
Vitas provides laboratory analysis. SWS brings relevant results together with your experience and work context to support an informed conversation about next steps.
Questions you may have
Clear answers before you decide.
Is burnout only psychological?
Work-related burnout is described by the WHO as an occupational phenomenon. It should be considered alongside working conditions and psychological pressures. Physical health, sleep, nutrition and recovery also belong in the wider wellbeing conversation; biological testing does not confirm burnout.
Will an employer see my individual results?
Individual responses and health results remain confidential and are not shared with an employer. In very small teams, even summaries may identify someone. Any organisational reporting needs a separate confidentiality assessment.
Why around 120 days for a BalanceTest review?
This is the standard SWS follow-up interval for comparing fatty-acid results. It broadly aligns with the typical lifespan of red blood cells; it is not a universal minimum for every biological test or a guarantee of improvement.
Does testing replace changes to workload or medical care?
No. Understanding work demands and making appropriate changes remain essential. Testing complements that conversation and does not replace medical assessment or treatment.
Evidence and responsible interpretation
Know what sits behind the explanation.
Our approach complements work-design and HR support. Biological measurements provide information about specific markers; workplace conversations and appropriate changes remain essential.
- HSE Management Standards: a framework for examining demands, control, support, relationships, role and change.
- Torrissen et al. (2025): research into global fatty-acid profiles. This does not validate SWS burnout prediction or proprietary scoring.
- WHO explanation of burnout: burnout is an occupational phenomenon, rather than a diagnosis established by a blood test.
The conversation behind the service
Speak with Jay Diaz at Strategic Wellness Solutions to understand how the approach applies to you. We distinguish laboratory measurements from SWS interpretation and explain relevant next steps after discovery.