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How Biofeedback Therapy Works

December 22, 2008 in Biofeedback

14357 How Biofeedback Therapy Works 

With the advent of biofeedback therapy, many people can look forward to a life without the harsh symptoms of daily stress or severe psychological and health disorders causing them misery and early aging.  There is also no need to worry about future procedures that are invasive or drugs to which an allergic reaction can occur or a dependency can develop.  What, though, is biofeedback therapy, and how exactly does it work?

Biofeedback therapy is the process of helping patients to learn to control their own subconscious reactions to specific stimuli based on the ability to observe those reactions.  In a biofeedback therapy session, the patient will be placed in a quiet, comfortable room where you will sit and perhaps have some sensors taped to your arm and/or forehead to monitor your muscular reactions and tension level.  You may also have a heat sensor connected to your finger to monitor temperature, since your hands grow warmer as your relax.  All of these sensors will connect back to an electronic monitoring device that will measure your heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, tension level, and other such readings.

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What Is Biofeedback Therapy?

November 8, 2008 in Biofeedback

14357 What Is Biofeedback Therapy?

We all suffer from stress at times, and often, it seems as though the symptoms are impossible to control.  Our heart rate increases, and our muscles become tense.  Sometimes our blood pressure rises, and none of these conditions is healthy.  They all affect our bodies in a negative fashion, causing us to literally age faster.  For centuries, it has been assumed that the autonomic functions of the body like these, as well as temperature and other automatic responses of the body, were impossible to control.  However, through the development of biofeedback therapy, we can not only gauge our exact responses to stress but also control them.

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