Using Medical Technology To Regain Control After Brain Injury in Combat

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Using Neurofeedback To Regain Control After Brain Injury in Combat

This is an amazing story of a young Iraq war vet that has been using Neurofeedback to improve muscle control.   A few years ago he was the victim of a suicide bombing while on patrol.  He is now Recovering At Home.

Now after years of physical therapy he is improving with the help of neurofeedback.   The family home is undergoing renovations so that Evan can continue his therapy and neurofeedback treatments at home.  The neurofeedback therapy are helping Evan become more vocal and expressive.

The family knows that more hands on work and neurofeedback will help him to continue improving.

New Technology Unlocks Brain’s Power

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There are many forms of the standard neurofeedback or eeg biofeedback equipment.  The difference being is that some have been tweaked to become a “peak performance training” system rather then focusing on a certain disorder or disease.  This particular version of a neurofeedback or eeg feedback machine uses a new technology that may unlock brain’s power.  It is available only on a small scale and has not yet been put through trials beyond personal use.

The protocols that decide where the electrodes are placed depend on meetings and goals setup the the individual.  This is not unlike medical neurofeedback treatment where a disorder is identify and the appropriate protocols are used to improve brain functioning in that region.

Medical neurofeedback machines use more channels to process a finer degree of accuracy in the brain wave activity.

New Medical Tools Can Help Those With Autism

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Research on autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) shows that neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) can remediate anomalies in brain activation, leading to symptom reduction and functional improvement.  This report details that Neurofeedback May Help People With Autism and that neurofeedback combined with therapy is most effective treatment approach.

In one 2006 study using connectivity-guided neurofeedback, pre-post analyses showed a 40 percent reduction in autistic symptoms, enhancement of function between the brain and behavior, and reduction of hyperconnectivity. These results begin to verify the theory that interhemispheric, bipolar neurofeedback montages can lead to reduction in hyperconnectivity based on the reward band trained.

Read the Full Study on Neurofeedback in the Journal Biofeedback, a quarterly publication.

Neurofeedback has been used in treating autism for at least 10 years.   Autism, those that are high functioning, patients will have greater success when used in combination with therapy and social skills classes.  Neurofeedback has been found to be much more effective when used in combination or as part of a treatment plan.

Neurofeedback Is Used To Treat ADHD

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Neurofeedback Electrodes placed on the head.

Chances are, you know someone who suffers from ADHD, anxiety or depression. Medication and talk therapy are two popular treatments for those disorders. But some patients are opting for neurofeedback instead of or in addition to those treatments.  Learn how some areas are 
Using neurofeedback to treat ADHD.

Neurofeedback combined with therapy has been proven to be most effective for treating ADHD in children.  

Neurofeedback uses an electrode placed on the head corresponding to the region where the target brainwave a

Treatments For Anxiety Disorders

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Virtually every body may have experienced an anxiety or ‘panic’ attack at some point in their lifespan. Stage fright or fear and anxiety of speaking in public are generally traditional examples of this type of response. For anyone this feeling associated with unmanageable panic and anxiety passes in a brief period of time, and they could certainly resume their ordinary plans with very little deeper thought. Often times though, for others, some of these panic attacks may become paralyzing and therefore influence his or her’s day to day life.

Treatments For Anxiety Disorders

Neurofeedback type of therapy has long been quite successful for several sufferers with anxiety conditions as well as panic attacks. Many patients that start care point out that there’s simply no cause for their anxiety attacks. Most of these people just don’t know the circumstances which are commencing their anxiety and panic. Via neurofeedback care the sufferer will be able to discover those factors (blank) causing those panic attacks. Neurofeedback treatment makes use of EEG tracking to discover what situations are exciting brain process and suggests this transformation by way of a video or graphic or oral stimulus that the customer and therapist can distinguish. After the initiating points are defined, then a course of treatment to regulate the reaction to the issues may start.

The reaction throughout an anxiety attack is actually a neuro-chemical reaction which can cause cold sweats, rapid heartbeat, heightened blood pressure levels, not to mention muscle spasms. This kind of outcome is very similar to the ‘fight or flight’ impulse observed with just about any tension reaction. Through neurofeedback therapy the sufferer is going to first discover how to recognise the activating issues which they are ignoring, and begin to control their reaction to these kinds of issues.

A vital facet of neurofeedback therapy is recognition of what reasons result in the fear and anxiety. An EEG monitor can suggest when your anxiety commences and the patient and clinician can indentify the aspects which are leading to these types of attacks. Although it could be difficult to protect yourself from every pressure causing things, by means of realizing the things they tend to be, in any case quite a few may be avoided or at best taken care of.

Scientific studies had been done which support the claim that individuals can figure out how to knowingly handle autonomic tendencies of the body system. Through the helpful encouragement given by neurofeedback treatments the patient could learn how to modify their reaction to stress and anxiety inducing stimuli. The psychologist can instruct the patient to change their reaction to stress by educating relaxation methods, behaviour modification, and breathing exercise movements. All these approaches is aimed towards lowering the physical and emotional reaction to the stimuli inducing the stress and anxiety. Ones own response to the stress and anxiety producing stimuli can certainly be controlled via neurofeedback therapy.

ADHD and Anxiety Disorders Treatments

These two disorders often do not relate to each other except when talking about Neurofeedback. This type of adhd and anxiety disorders treatment has been shown to be very effective. Stress related disorders or diseases utilize neurofeedback as well with many positive results. For children and adults suffering from ADHD neurofeedback is used to calm and focus the mind, actively changing brainwaves to produce the desired effect.

Using Neurofeedback for Autism treatment works

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There are many clinics across the United States using Neurofeedback for Autism. Mothers and fathers love neurofeedback because their children are making progress. Even small changes are noticeable and appreciated by the entire family.

Autism children have a hard time making eye contact and in so many cases all other therapy options have never been able to solve even that symptom. Parents are being won over to neurofeedback because it has helped their children overcome that simple issue.

Autism doesn’t have a single cause so there is no magic bullet that will treat them. That is where neurofeedback succeeds. It assists the brain as a whole. Improving brainwave activity across multiple regions. We know that different parts of the brain are handling different tasks. With neurofeedback therapy the training happens in multiple regions at once which improves all activity that is happening.

We know that neurofeedback therapy in combination with other medical therapies works the best. The longer and more neurofeedback treatments the child with autism has the better it is for them.

As the child progresses through the treatment, they can improve significantly as they learn how to better control their brainwave activity. One or two sessions may not see a lot of progress but after 20 sessions there should be noticeable improvement and beyond 40 there should be significant results.

What is a significant improvement for an autism child can vary immensely. A child may only learn to make eye contact after 20 sessions which does not seem like much. This is due to overcoming the first major block takes a while to overcome and then after that the floodgates of improvement could be blown wide open. By 60 sessions their physical functioning and motor control could be vastly improved.

Neurofeedback for Autism should be one of the primary methods of treatment but studies have show that complemented with other methods of treatment it works best.

Learning How to Be A Better Leader

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Being better at something is what we all strive to do on a daily basis. We are constantly looking for ways to do things better and faster while utilizing less resources like time and money. This is natural and why as a society we are driven to evolve. We build planes to go further faster, we construct materials to use less of the earth’s resources and we find ways to make our lives more convenient. We strive to live better in every way. We want to pack more of life’s incredible experiences into the few hours each day we have.

In the healthcare field today we spend so much time trying to resolve or reduce the negative symptoms that we rarely spend time to actually improve our health. Sure we have all sorts of things to physically improve our body but the amount of time spent on optimizing our brain functionality is minimal.

There are many pharmaceutical pills, vitamins, minerals and other substances that we are using now to tweak our body’s functioning but all those are very hit and miss solutions. Many of them come with side effects that actually damage our body over a long term.

Doctors and other scientists around the world are turning to Neurofeedback, brain imaging and other tools of neuroscience to make already healthy individuals preform better. Tweaking a healthy brain using the medical tools that do not have negative side effects are gaining more acceptance everywhere. People have seen the effects of Neurofeedback and related therapies that improve ADHD children brainwave functioning well beyond what other children have. Parents are beginning to see that their healthy children can utilize this technology to do better and fully utilize, improving the usage of the god-given talents they have.

In a recent study they have been mapping out the brain activities of senior business leaders to find out what makes them successful. Utilizing this data they can then map the brain to show which areas they are using most often and work to improve those areas using neurofeedback. The brain imaging can show activity areas and then with neurofeedback they can then train the areas where activity is less then optimal for the tasks they are assigned at work.

In business knowing your weaknesses are just as important as knowing your strengths. With this knowledge you can then turn those weaknesses into a strength through the use of Neurofeedback therapy. Our leaders of tomorrow and everyone will want to utilize these tools to help improve their lives through better brain functioning.

We can see a world without depression, ADHD, hypertension, post dramatic stress disorder and diseases that are currently being managed by pharmaceuticals that only mask the symptoms and create horrible side effects.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

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The military and their health professionals are making it public that they are standing behind a post dramatic stress disorder treatment for the soldiers returning from combat zones.

For years the military would not even admit that the soldiers were suffering from anything that was “real”. The symptoms that they were experiencing was made up by the soldiers so that they would qualify for benefits afforded to other soldiers who were physically injured in the line of duty. The military rarely gave any sort of benefits to any list of psychological disorders that were brought on by the stress or conditions that they were subject to while serving in zones.

They still are not giving any veteran health benefits to soldiers that were exposed to a variety of chemicals and materials that made them sick years afterwards like depleted uranium exposure.

So the military admitting to a treatment for Post dramatic stress disorder brought on by situations that they experienced during duty in combat zones is a real step forward. The treatment of choice for chemical exposure, whiplash, concussion and other brain injuries is neurofeedback.

The neurofeedback procedure that they utilize alters the way the soldier reacts and interacts with others when they are back at home. In many cases soldiers live as though they are still deployed for many months after they return home. The treatment helps reduce the symptoms quickly so that they can sleep better, reduce pain, control their irritability and anger. This treatment helps them quickly adjust to the stresses of daily life with family and work that is much different then what they have been dealing with overseas.

The military has shown that using neurofeedback in treatment has produced results in patients where they recover almost immediately from symptoms of post dramatic stress disorder.

This is important breakthrough for soldiers because of the high number of cases of depression, drug dependency and suicides that occur from stress related disorders and diseases in returning veterans.

The mental health costs are staggering. Approximately 1 billion dollars a years is spent on rehabilitating soldiers who suffer from a variety of mental disorders. The incredible success rate, the speed of recovery and the long term positive effects of neurofeedback therapy will help reduce those costs dramatically as this treatment is utilized throughout all branches of the military and becomes standard practice at all bases across the United States.

Natural and Holistic Medical Neurofeedback Treatment and ADD

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Just over 80 years ago a German psychiatrist, Hans Berger, discovered that when he applied small electrodes to his patient’s heads that a tiny flowing current was recorded.

Neurofeedback since then has been successful in treating stress and stress related disorders & diseases, attention deficit disorder (add / adhd), anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue and Autism.

Neurofeedback can also treat most mental illnesses or behavioral issues without the use of a drug in the treatment plan.

Neurofeedback treatment is painless and many patients feel a difference after the first session.  Neurofeedback actively trains the brain  to function in a certain way so the effects will not wear off.

Neurofeedback is an integrative approach to traditional therapy, and I believe it is the most powerful personal growth and development system around. - Dr. Hadasah 

Holistic Medical Options

We have been using holistic ways to treat a variety of diseases since way before egyptian times. We knew back then that our body parts are very much connected. Since before antiquity a treatment for an open infection, lets say in the foot included something for the heart. The patient was not only given salve for that body part but was given other things to orally to protect the rest of the body and reduce the effects of it on the organs or other body parts. We knew then that infections spread in some way and the village or town “medicine man / woman” took steps to reduce the spread. It seemed logical. Today we seeholistic medical treatments as out of the mainstream. We treat body parts separately and that in most cases have little to no effect on other parts of the body. We know this to be untrue but this is still the prevalent message being spread throughout the medical community. We are generalizing in our statements but we don’t feel that far off.

Eastern medicine is essentially a holistic medical treatment method. Have a look and see what you think about the centuries of practices and how the western world is not embracing it more.

Neurofeedback Treatment

Neurofeedback is essentially a holistic medical treatment. Utilizing this treatment method to reduce symptoms of disorders like ADD, ADHD and autism has been shown to be very effective. Also, utilizing neurofeedback treatment to treat hyper-tension and high blood pressure shows that changing the brainwave patterns and activity in the brain effects other body parts including blood pressure throughout the entire body.

Neurofeedback and ADD – History and Benefits

For over two decades neurofeedback and ADD have been used together. Many clinics throughout the country and the world have used this technology combined with other therapies to reduce and resolve the symptoms of ADD. This works on adults and children with great long term effects. It also boosts other skills that are beneficial like concentration, temper control and more behavioral issues, which helps make them better students or assists them in solving issues at work.

Originally called biofeedback or eeg biofeedback, we use neurofeedback as a more specific term because we are dealing mental disorders where the brain activity needs to be adjusted for best results.

Western Medical Technology and Eastern Medicine

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More often in our western society today we are turning east for medical solutions. Neurofeedback is part of that trend as we look beyond body chemistry to manage disorders and diseases and their accompanying symptoms.

In the eastern meditation this has been in active use for many thousands of years. Recorded history is full of it, especially in religion of eastern cultures.

Samadhi, a meditative practice used in Hinduism and Buddhism is to help control the activities of the mind and trains you to focus your mental abilities. Trying to calm the mind down so that it can focus on very specific tasks like physical sensations such as breathing or posture control is a major part of this practice. Once you have achieved a level of control you would then utilize that learnt skill to improve your daily life in so many ways.

Controlling what you think is the first step to controlling your words and deeds. The ability to focus on what you really want to for as long as you want to is invaluable. In today’s society there is so much to distract us that we have a hard time concentrating on any one thing for more then a moment. The rise of ADHD as a major issue in our children is testament to that.

We know that the body can repair itself and the mind can heal. That has been shown to us time and time again with the placebo effect. Although there are slight differences in that reasoning the basic theory holds true. We can achieve what we believe.

In medicine, neurofeedback can help us do just that. We have a hard time believing that a certain state of thinking for periods of time can effect us in many ways. Having neurofeedback to mirror back our thoughts and works for us to actively change it has had incredible effects on our body and brain. Neurofeedback training has shown that we do have control over involuntary bodily functions and we can utilize that training to improve and optimize their functionality.

Our western culture needs hard physical evidence to believe that the brain and the way we think has any real control over the physical actions of our body. Neurofeedback and the accompanying therapies have shown that it’s very real. We have seen the evidence in Autism, ADHD and many stress based diseases, like hypertension.

Meditation for use in western medicine will become more accepted to treat many disorders and diseases when combined with neurofeedback training and supportive therapies. After this hits a critical mass of use then the need for neurofeedback equipment to support meditative practices for long term health will no longer be required.