What is Biofeedback?
September 27th, 2007 by admin
Biofeedback can be as simple as a physician’s stethoscope ‘feeding back’ information about your heart or it can involve using specific electronic equipment to monitor physiological systems in your body of which you are normally unconscious. When you become aware of the current functioning of your body you can learn to alter that functioning to eliminate symptoms you may be experiencing to reduce stress and your improve health in specific ways. Conditions reported improving through the use of biofeedback… Addictions
ADHD / ADD
Anger
Anxiety & Panic
Autism, PDD
Bedwetting
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Pain
Depression (unipolar)
Developmental delay
Epilepsy / Seizure Disorders
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Incontinence
Migraine & Tension Headaches
Menopause
Peak Performance
PMS
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Sleep Disorders
Stress / Hypertension
Tourette’s Syndrome
Traumatic Brain Injury / Stroke
Biofeedback modalities include neurofeedback, temperature, galvanic skin response, muscle monitoring through Surface EMG, Heart Rate Variability monitors and continence training with kegel exercisers.
Biofeedback can be performed in the office by a trained clinician and at now increasingly home with a wide range of home biofeedback trainers.