ProudGrandma Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 does anybody here have any experience with this...NOT neccesarily doing it but having it done to you...can someone here explain how it works, why it is done and what it tells the doctor? I may not even understand it enough to ask the proper questions...but any information someone can share with me would be great! thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 anybody at all???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I only know about it as a relaxation technique. Training in it was offered for free by our student health center as a way to manage stress. I haven no idea what it would tell a Dr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 my friends go to a doctor who uses bio-feedback as a diagnosic tool...I saw it work once...the patient holds a brass probe in one hand and she touches another probe of sorts to different spots on your other hand....both probes are connected to her computer...then the information is transmtted to the computer...for example...I guess...anyway...if you are having kidney problems (whether you know it or not) when she touches a spot on your hand that is the accupressure spot for your internal organs it will register as having problems...same with allergies, digestive system etc. My real question I suppose...is something like this for real? And I was hoping some one here could tell me that. Does that make sense?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 That is not the biofeedback I am familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 That is not the biofeedback I am familiar with. :iagree: biofeed back regulates brain waves. When something is off, brain waves can be trained to do the right thing again. They do this by placing electrodes on the skull in the places needed. Then you can either watch a movie, play a game, etc. and the electrodes gently stimulate the brain to do work the way it is intended to work. If you check into Dr. Amen and all his studies/work, you will better understand biofeedback. It is also called neurofeedback. We bought equipment and have done some work ourselves, and to fully help our brains we need to buy more equipment and go for training on it. We haven't been able to do that. After my head injury I went to see a psychologist because he did neurofeedback. When he asked what my symptoms/changes were after my injury and I told him what they were, he immediately knew that I hit my head on the back. I was surprised that he knew this. I needed extensive sessions to heal my brain and he wasn't covered under my insurance so I never went back. But before I left, he wanted to help me with my insomnia issue. He took one electrode and placed it on my head. I sat there watching a screen for about three minutes and felt NOTHING. I went home and slept like a BABY for four months after that. I used to belong to an adoption support group that talked a lot about it as a treatment for treating RAD. It can help with other mental illnesses but not all. My research was years ago so I don't remember it all (head injury!) but I'm a HUGE fan of it. What you mention is not biofeedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 my friends go to a doctor who uses bio-feedback as a diagnosic tool...I saw it work once...the patient holds a brass probe in one hand and she touches another probe of sorts to different spots on your other hand....both probes are connected to her computer...then the information is transmtted to the computer...for example...I guess...anyway...if you are having kidney problems (whether you know it or not) when she touches a spot on your hand that is the accupressure spot for your internal organs it will register as having problems...same with allergies, digestive system etc. My real question I suppose...is something like this for real? And I was hoping some one here could tell me that. Does that make sense?? Our Chiropractor uses what you discribe but he doesn't call it bio feedback. What he does uses a computer and between the two probes it reads your meridian points and when things are not lined up. He has used it a lot with my youngest son in figuring out what NAET treatments needs to be done and we have had great success with this. He has done the testing in several different areas and when he then does NAET treatments that line up with what the test shows we always see big improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Our Chiropractor uses what you discribe but he doesn't call it bio feedback. What he does uses a computer and between the two probes it reads your meridian points and when things are not lined up. He has used it a lot with my youngest son in figuring out what NAET treatments needs to be done and we have had great success with this. He has done the testing in several different areas and when he then does NAET treatments that line up with what the test shows we always see big improvement. I thought this is what she called it, but I could be totally wrong. At any rate, you have seen positive results then? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I thought this is what she called it, but I could be totally wrong. At any rate, you have seen positive results then? thanks. Yes, we have seen very positive results. Our Dr. uses it in conjunction with the NAET treatments. By itself I don't think it does much but is used as a diagnostic tool. What kind of a practitioner are you looking at using? What are they wanting to use it with. Some use it to diagnose nutrient needs. It works ok for that also but I believe there are possibly better tests for that. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I don't believe what your friend's doctor does is bio-feedback. My husband did some biofeedback in his stroke recovery. Biofeedback is teaching your brain to do something the way you want it to do it. It's often very difficult to single out one small area or path in the brain, and biofeedback strives to do that. In my husband's case, he was trying to learn to walk correctly again. His right leg had been paralyzed, and as he was learning to walk, his gait was confused. They hooked him up to a "Lokomat" machine -- like a giant, mechanic, computerized leg, that had sensors connecting to different muscles in his leg. The Lokomat "walked" him on a treadmill, but slowly let his own muscles power it. The sensors picked up whether his muscles were moving correctly or not, and sent this information to a computer. In front of him was a big computer screen with a face. When his muscles were working correctly (as registered by the sensors), a little smile would slowly spread across the face. If they were working incorrectly, a sad mouth would appear. My husband didn't know exactly what he was doing, he was just trying to walk. But his brain would pick up on the fact that when the face was smiling, it (his brain) was moving the muscles correctly. The hope is that with time, the correct subconscious work the brain is doing will translate into a conscious work, so then my husband would be able to "fix" his gait himself, consciously. That's kind of a long answer, but hopefully that helps your understanding a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndie Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Neurofeedback helped my son loose his extreme anxiety. But what you describe is not neurofeedback. I think I have heard it called electralderm abrasion? Yeah, no idea how to spell that. We did that machine too and it helped to eliminate allergies for my husband and reduced (but not eliminate) them for my children and I. It is sound technology; it's based on homeopathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 When I was 15 and having horrible migraines, I was sent to a doc that trained people to use bio-feedback to help control the onset of the headaches. It worked well for me.... I was attached to monitors for surface temperature and heart rate, and was basically trained to control those aspects of my body with relaxation techniques. I was a quick learner, and could do this very effectively after about 3 visits, but the doc says some people can never learn. It has a lot ot do with how vivdly they can imagine other surroundings. For example, I warmed up my fingers by imagining pushing them into warm sand on a sunny beach. And I lowered my heart rate with breathing while imagining laying on the same beach reading a book or falling asleep (while staying awake). Anyway - it can work well for some things, for some people.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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