| During the last forty years or so, many thousands of | | | | The demand for biofeedback treatment is undergoing |
| people have been able to receive enormous benefits | | | | rapid growth, and there is also an increasingly greater |
| from using EEG biofeedback therapy. This holistic | | | | scope of issues it is being used to address. While |
| healthcare approach is also commonly referred to as | | | | there still are many skeptics of neurotherapy, the fact |
| neurotherapy and has been used in the treatment of | | | | is that the demand is increasing. It is highly unlikely the |
| various physical, emotional and mental conditions. | | | | demand would be so high if there were no real and |
| It has been known to effectively reduce the | | | | measurable benefits. |
| symptoms of ADD and ADHD, as well as chronic pain | | | | EEG biofeedback is an effective way to train the brain |
| conditions. Many call biofeedback treatment a true | | | | to be more efficient in its patterns and control of |
| godsend because of its effectiveness with their issues. | | | | physiological functions. Neurofeedback therapy has |
| EEG biofeedback therapy is understood to support the | | | | also shown people the power of the mind-body |
| improved formation of the essential communication | | | | connection and helps them to gain a greater sense of |
| pathways in the brain. Neurofeedback therapy has | | | | mastery of their bodies through the initial awareness |
| also repeatedly demonstrated that it can help patients | | | | and through the practice that comes with the ongoing |
| to more effectively live with a variety of emotional | | | | neurofeedback training sessions. |
| problems and conditions, as well as addressing many | | | | EEG biofeedback is considered to be a very promising |
| physical ailments. Best of all, it is able to provide this | | | | and complementary intervention that can improve the |
| relief to people without pain, without invasive | | | | results of more mainstream types of treatment, and in |
| procedures, and without the need to take costly and | | | | many cases, can even help people to eliminate the |
| possibly harmful pharmaceuticals. | | | | need to take medications. A good biofeedback |
| The treatment that is known as EEG biofeedback is | | | | program can also be used to teach those who are |
| actually one specific type of the more general | | | | affected by ADD/ADHD to control their brainwaves |
| treatment modality known as "biofeedback." | | | | and bring them into a balanced "normal range," which |
| Biofeedback therapies, in general, have been around | | | | helps them overcome the challenges of ADD and |
| for about 40 years and have primarily been used to | | | | ADHD. |
| assist in relaxation and for conditions related to stress | | | | The functional mechanism that is at the heart of EEG |
| and to muscle impairments. | | | | biofeedback provides relief to those with ADD/ADHD |
| All of the forms of biofeedback provide "feed back" | | | | by separating specific brainwave patterns and altering |
| information to the subject, in terms of the small, internal | | | | them. In general, biofeedback therapists are very |
| changes in their biological processes. EEG biofeedback | | | | positive about the changes they see in their patients |
| is currently being practiced on a daily basis in a wide | | | | and the effectiveness of this modality for retraining |
| array of psychological and medical practices around | | | | brain activity and for reducing symptoms, especially in |
| the world. | | | | relieving chronic pain. |