Neurofeedback
Trauma to the brain (whether emotional, physical or toxins) can affect your brain's function. Neurofeedback trains your brain to perform as it should.
What Is Neurofeedback Therapy and How Can It Help Me?
Neurofeedback is where you directly train your brain, so it learns to function more efficiently. It works by looking at the brain from moment to moment in action and awarding the brain for changing its activity to a more appropriate pattern. Neurofeedback therapy is a gradual learning process, and it applies to any part of the brain that we can measure.
Neurofeedback is training in self-regulation, which is a necessary part of a good-functioning brain. Self-regulation training allows the Central Nervous System- the Master System in the body- to function better.
What Does Neurofeedback Do?
Neurofeedback addresses problems with brain dysregulation, which happen to be numerous. If you think about it, the brain and central nervous system work together to control and coordinate EVERYTHING in our bodies. Neurofeedback works by balancing the brain into a more appropriate brain wave pattern.
Conditions treated by neurofeedback:
Depression
Anxiety & panic disorder
ADD/ADHD
Learning disability
Sensory integration
Insomnia
Bipolar disorder
Brain injury
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Peak Performance
Click HERE for more detailed Information on Neurofeedback, and how it works with certain conditions.
Neurofeedback FAQs
What Happens During a Neurofeedback Session?
Neurofeedback sessions involve relaxing for 50 minutes while you watch a movie or listen to music of your choice. electrodes are attached to your scalp that monitor your brainwaves during the session. When irregular patterns are detected, a response is triggered from the software that pauses or dims the video or music. Your brain senses the change and subconsciously modifies itself back into a normal pattern. With repetition of this process, eventually your brain learns to stay within healthy ranges on its own without neurofeedback.
How Long do Neurofeedback Sessions take?
Each session is 50 minutes.
How many neurofeedback sessions are needed?
The number of sessions needed will depend on the individual. Much like going to the gym, every person requires a different length of time to improve. 25 sessions is normal for many conditions to improve.
How soon will I see results from Neurofeedback?
Again, results will vary from person to person. Some feel different within a couple of sessions, while tougher conditions will take many sessions to see any noticeable results. It’s important to not get impatient and listen to the practitioner. They should be able to show you the graph results of each session, which will provide a visual reference of improvement.
How Long Will the Effects Of Neurofeedback Last?
Long term follow ups have been done on many patients over the years. Dr. Joel Lubar at the University of Tennessee has followed ADD clients who’ve sustained their improvements from neurofeedback for 10-20 years. Published research on epilepsy 12 months after brain training shows the effects on epilepsy usually holds. Neurofeedback Practitioners commonly reported no relapses from patients after 10 years.
How much research is there on Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback has been around for decades. To date there are thousands of studies, with more being published every day. Click HERE for a list of studies on neurofeedback for many conditions.
The Brain Map
How We Determine Your Condition
The heart of this process is our brain mapping system, which allows us to image the brain in real-time. The QEEG brain map is an important tool we use to evaluate your brainwaves and identify opportunities to improve communication between various regions of the brain.
The QEEG brain map is able to capture a window of brain activity, analyze the data and create a visual representation for each lobe of the brain and each specific brainwave (Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta).
We Provide a Customized Report of Your Brain Health
Our detailed brain map report identifies unhealthy brainwave patterns and connectivity issues in an easy to read format. It also shows the training protocols needed to improve or eliminate your symptoms using neurofeedback.
Brain Mapping
On the left our Client is wearing a cap with electrodes for the brain mapping process.
Traumatic Brain Injury Causes Intestinal Damage
Researchers have identified a link between traumatic brain injury and intestinal changes. A new study reports the intestinal changes may contribute to increased risk of developing infections and could worsen brain damage in TBI patients.
Click here to read the full article.
Source: University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Neuroscience News
Study identifies brain injury as a cause of dementia in some older adults
MRI neuroimaging can distinguish between memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Using new image analysis software, researchers discovered TBI causes the most amount of damage to the ventral diencephalon, a brain area associated with memory and learning, and the least amount of atrophy to the hippocampus, a brain region most impacted by Alzheimer's. READ MORE….