Biofeedback
Biofeedback uses computerized technology to help you learn to control or manage your stress responses. Sensors are used to measure physical processes with the purpose of “feeding back” the information to an individual in order to control these processes.
The Treatment
Biofeedback is a training process that is aimed at changing body responses that can lead to pain, medical conditions and poor health. It uses computerized equipment that monitors various body activity such as muscle tension, blood vessel constriction, hear rate, breathing and more and ‘feeds back’ this information on a computer monitor for you to see.
With this information and guidance from a therapist, you can learn to make the changes that control body reactivity and produce healthier responses.
This healthy functioning pattern then becomes a new automatic, conditioned response that is integrated into daily life diminishing pain and headache and improving overall health and well-being.
What It Does
Your sessions and treatment plan are individualized based on an initial health history and assessment and ongoing evaluation of what strategies and treatment would best assist you. Self-regulation strategies and therapeutic skills including behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be incorporated into your sessions.
Your home practice, symptoms, and experiences are discussed each week so that sessions can be designed to best help you.
Biofeedback and Behavioral strategies can help you…
Gain greater control of the mind/body processes impacting your health.
Reduce or eliminate the need for medications. Assist when medications are not tolerated or able to be used.
Empower you with tools to help yourself when you feel out of control of your body.
Learn self-regulation and cognitive-behavioral skills to replace anxious, negative thinking with constructive, realistic, helpful responses.