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DESCRIPTION
Biofeedback combines a variety of relaxation methods such as guided imagery and meditation with the use of instruments that monitor the individual's responses. Over time, this teaches you to consciously regulate a number of your own autonomic functions, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and other processes previously believed to be involuntary. By consciously regulating these functions, you can control a number of problems, including pain.
During a biofeedback session, electrodes connected to a monitoring unit are taped or otherwise painlessly attached to the skin. The machine may measure any one of a number of things, including skin temperature, pulse, blood pressure, muscle tension, and brain wave activity. As you use various techniques, such as relaxation, to create the desired response - lower blood pressure, for instance - the machine, through sound or images, provides moment-by- moment feedback on your progress. Eventually, with the practitioner's help, you should become able to effect the desired response without the use of the machine.
Although biofeedback has been successfully used to help control a wide range of health problems, it is perhaps best known for its use in the treatment of headaches. In a large number of cases, biofeedback has been successfully used to avert the onset of migraines. It has also been used to treat injuries, as well as to relieve pain of TMJ syndrome.
It should be noted that biofeedback only measures stress; it does not cure it. Sessions should be conducted in conjunction with other therapies under the watchful eye of a qualified health care provider.
If you are considering biofeedback training, you can contact the following organizations for a list of certified practitioners in your area:
Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback (AAPB)
10200 West 44th Avenue, Suite 304
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-2840
303-422-8436 office
303-422-8894 fax
www.aapb.org
Center for Applied Psychophysiology
Menninger Clinic
P.O. Box 829
Topeka, KS 66601-0829
913-273-7500
785-350-5402
www.menninger.edu/services
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