Stress is a problem that we all experience. It is not getting less, if anything it may be increasing. Recent political and racial tension and the current pandemic have added layers to the stress that we all have been already living with.
Here are a few things you can do to reduce the ... Views: 76
There is a lot of talk about stress these days. First of all, here is how dictionary.com defines stress.
pressure or tension exerted on a material object.
“The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar”
synonyms:
pressure · tension · strain · tightness · tautness · ... Views: 72
Skin Conductance can be both one of the simplest yet one of the most complex modalities of biofeedback at the same time. More stress, the reading goes up. More relaxed, the reading goes down. Simple, right? Not so fast. Make sure we are not actually talking about resistance measures which ... Views: 115
MyoTrac packs extreme sensitivity into a light, compact unit that works for you and your patient in the clinic or home. It is ideal for clinical assessment as well as for self-training. MyoTrac allows total freedom of movement for ambulatory exercises and provides a bright light bar and ... Views: 133
Sleep problems including insomnia are an excellent application of Peripheral Biofeedback and EEG Biofeedback (Neurofeedback). They are also among the major symptoms caused by stress. It is difficult to fall asleep while the body is tense or your brain and nervous system is in fight-fight-freeze ... Views: 137
MyoTrac packs extreme sensitivity into a light, compact unit that works for you and your patient in the clinic or home. It is ideal for clinical assessment as well as for self-training. MyoTrac allows total freedom of movement for ambulatory exercises and provides a bright light bar and ... Views: 104
The MyoTrac Infiniti U-Control redefines the field of treatment of incontinence by incorporating unique features designed to meet a wide variety of needs and budgets. It allows you to measure high-resolution surface electromyography (SEMG) and perform electrical stimulation or SEMG-triggered ... Views: 111
Most of us spend at least 8 hours of our day at work. If you ask many people, they will say they hate their job. Even if you don’t hate your job there are usually many moments every day at work that you would describe as stressful. It’s nice to visit a therapy office for a biofeedback, talk ... Views: 116
In Biofeedback when we talk about B.A.R.T we are not talking about that crazy kid on the popular cartoon series, The Simpsons, we are talking about a very popular protocol which can be widely applied for various conditions. Rather than seeing it as a specific protocol I see it more as a ... Views: 156
Most of us spend at least 8 hours of our day at work. If you ask many people, they will say they hate their job. Even if you don’t hate your job there are usually many moments every day at work that you would describe as stressful. It’s nice to visit a therapy office for a biofeedback, talk ... Views: 172
According to the American Heart Association web site statistics, almost half of the adult population in the United States of America can be considered to have high blood pressure. A hard to believe 45 percent of those who have hypertension do not have it adequately controlled. That sounds ... Views: 220
Neurofeedback training has been shown to be effective for helping people with conditions like ADHD, insomnia, anxiety, seizures, and brain injuries. Clients usually visit a neurofeedback professional 1-3 times per week for a series of anywhere from 10-30 or even more sessions.
Some people ... Views: 224
People like to think they know what the stress of being black is like.
If you’re not, you don’t.
Think about the stress of having a final exam in high school or college coming up.
You worry about it for two weeks or so leading up to it and it is very hard and stressful. You get to the ... Views: 170
The GP-8 and GP-12 Physiocom systems are affordable multiple modality systems that allow providing biofeedback of surface EMG, skin Temperature, Skin Conductance, Blood Volume, Heart Rate, Respiration, and EEG biofeedback. These systems are easy to purchase. You need to have the right help to ... Views: 138
Biofeedback is usually a face to face, one on one activity. If you were providing biofeedback prior to the start of social distancing and stay at home orders, things have surely changed drastically for you very quickly. Now what will we do? Many of the people who provide biofeedback also provide ... Views: 119
EMG is one of the most basic and useful modalities available. Why then aren’t more practitioners using it more often? EMG is one of the easiest ways to demonstrate the concept of biofeedback to clients. It responds very quickly and people can immediately see that they have at least some control ... Views: 119
Biofeedback is usually a face to face, one on one activity. If you were providing biofeedback prior to the start of social distancing and stay at home orders, things have surely changed drastically for you very quickly. Now what will we do? Many of the people who provide biofeedback also ... Views: 224
What does stress have to do with the enormous problems we are dealing with related to COVID-19 Corona virus? There are many connections. I will discuss a few here.
1). We are being constantly bombarded with news coverage about the problem. This alone can increase worrying and anxiety. It is ... Views: 201
A PSP provides a great deal of useful information and helps our clients understand why they are doing biofeedback, what the starting point is, what the goals are, and why. So why don’t more biofeedback providers use them?
What is a psychophysiological stress profile?
A PSP is a baseline test ... Views: 209
Many psychologists in the United States of America are required to take training to keep up with new developments in the field and to remind them of things that they may have learned a long time ago.
There are many options for training including face to face programs, online programs, and ... Views: 219
The following case histories may have useful implications for neurofeedback because they imply possible clinical effectiveness with immune disorders, anorexia, and obsessive, compulsive disorders. In addition the neurofeedback timing strategies used suggest that the length, frequency and total ... Views: 371
Neurofeedback therapy is one option. Neurofeedback uses EEG biofeedback instruments that measure and feedback the electrical signals from the brain. The information is fed back in a way that helps a person learn how to regulate their brain activity. Some of the brainwaves are slower like the ... Views: 355
Simple statements often conceal a great deal of complexity. The notion that the brain learns from experience is one such statement. The brain develops the internal connections by fitting with the external world. Learning then can be defined as the struggle to make sense of human interactions. ... Views: 460
“Alcohol and drugs are essential to my creative process” is a thought, sometimes a confession made, usually privately, by millions of creative people, many of them at the pinnacle of success in their fields. Yet, I have heard very little serious discussion by substance abuse professionals about ... Views: 431
The following case histories may have useful implications for neurofeedback because they imply possible clinical effectiveness with immune disorders, anorexia, and obsessive, compulsive disorders. In addition the neurofeedback timing strategies used suggest that the length, frequency and total ... Views: 441
Introduction
For centuries the heart has been considered the source of emotion, courage and wisdom. Neurocardiology is the relatively new science of exploring the physiological mechanisms by which the heart communicates with the brain; thereby influencing information processing, perceptions, ... Views: 491
For 42 years, the Networker Symposium has been psychotherapy’s essential gathering, with 150 workshops, a faculty of over 100 of the field’s leading contributors, and 4,000 of its most creative and inquiring practitioners. Join leading innovators from around the world to explore how the latest ... Views: 448