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	Biofeedback: Using your mind to improve your health - MayoClinic.com
		With biofeedback you may be able to rely less on medication and more on the power of your mind.
		Biofeedback is a type of complementary and alternative medicine called mind-body therapy.
		To truly assess whether biofeedback is effective in treating your particular symptoms, keep a daily diary to monitor your use of the treatment as well as how you feel before, during and after the therapy.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/biofeedback/SA00083 (1088 words)

	Biofeedback: Encyclopedia of Medicine
		Biofeedback, or applied psychophysiological feedback, is a patient-guided treatment that teaches an individual to control muscle tension, pain, body temperature, brain waves, and other bodily functions and processes through relaxation, visualization, and other cognitive control techniques.
		Biofeedback has been used to successfully treat a number of disorders and their symptoms, including temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Raynaud's syndrome, epilepsy, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), migraine headaches, anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury, and sleep disorders.
		Biofeedback may also be inappropriate for cognitively impaired individuals, such as those patients with organic brain disease or a traumatic brain injury, depending on their levels of functioning.
	health.enotes.com /medicine-encyclopedia/biofeedback (1841 words)

	Biofeedback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Interest in biofeedback has waxed and waned since its inception in the 1960s; currently it is undergoing a bit of renaissance, which some ascribe to the general upswing of interest in complementary and alternative medicine modalities.
		Neurofeedback has become a popular treatment for ADHD, electromyogram (muscle tension) biofeedback has been widely studied and accepted as a treatment for incontinence disorders, and small home biofeedback machines are becoming available for a variety of uses.
		Additionally, some believe that the use of biofeedback for stress and anxiety is an expensive treatment for difficulties which could be addressed with relaxation training, meditation, and self-hypnosis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biofeedback (817 words)

	Discovery Health :: Diseases & Conditions :: biofeedback
		Biofeedback may be administered by a certified biofeedback specialist.
		Biofeedback cannot be used in place of a complete medical exam or any needed treatment.
		While biofeedback may reduce the use of certain medications, this decision needs to be made with a healthcare professional's advice and counsel.
	health.discovery.com /encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=2807 (466 words)

	Biofeedback
		Biofeedback is a therapeutic technique that teaches you how to control physical responses, such as breathing, muscle tension, hand temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and brain activity that are not normally controlled voluntarily.
		Biofeedback may be used to help people change the way their bodies respond to a variety of conditions, including chronic pain, stress and anxiety, to name a few.
		Biofeedback is a secondary treatment for diseases like multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease and other conditions that are not considered curable by biofeedback, although some symptoms of these conditions can be alleviated with this therapy.
	www.healthywomen.org /healthtopics/biofeedback/q/L2/95/L1/3 (939 words)

	Biofeedback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biofeedback is a training technique in which people are taught to improve their health and performance by using signals from their own bodies.
		The word "biofeedback" was coined in the late 1969 to describe laboratory procedures (developed in the 1940's) that trained research subjects to alter brain activity, blood pressure, muscle tension, heart rate and other bodily functions that are not normally controlled voluntarily.
		As a a result, biofeedback can train individuals with techniques for living a healthier life overall - whether one is afflicted with a medical condition or not.
	www.biocompresearch.org /biofeedback.htm (382 words)

	The Biofeedback Network
		Biofeedback Instrument Corporation has been a medical products VAR and has provided accredited training programs (APA CE sponsors, BCIA certification) since 1972.
		Biofeedback, EEG Neurofeedback, Shiatzu, Music Therapy, Arts Therapies.
		Biofeedback Consultants Inc. - Dr. Mary Jo Sabo, Ph.D. Leaders in the field of brainwave training In public schools since 1994.
	www.biofeedback.net (344 words)

	Biofeedback Overview
		In a typical biofeedback session, the client settles into a comfortable chair and is hooked up to the biofeedback instrument with sensors attached to the surface of the skin at various locations on the body (usually the shoulders, fingers, back, and head).
		Although biofeedback training may focus specifically on one or two psychophysiological systems as a means of addressing a particular presenting complaint, clients are soon reminded of the holistic nature of the human being as they observe that changes made within one psychophysiological system can create changes in other psychophysiological systems.
		Thus, biofeedback training has long-range implications that go beyond the notion of "fixing what ails you." While the training is beneficial for a wide range of complaints and provides relief from many conditions in a gentle and completely noninvasive way, it inevitably provides more than that.
	www.7hz.com /1overview.html (2729 words)

	Help Screens - Biofeedback
		Biofeedback is a relatively new therapeutic tool that is showing increasing promise in the treatment of a wide variety of psychological and physical problems and symptoms.
		Biofeedback is, therefore, an educational process in which the client is helped to learn to control certain physiological processes, but it is the client who assumes the responsibility for and becomes an active participant in his/her own improvement.
		Biofeedback is a primary treatment for moderate or severe migraine syndromes, tension headaches, and Raynaud's disease.
	www.shsu.edu /~counsel/hs/biofeed.html (670 words)

	Biofeedback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biofeedback is a technique in which people are trained to improve their health by learning to control certain internal bodily processes that normally occur involuntarily, such as heart rate blood pressure, muscle tension, and skin temperature.
		Biofeedback is an effective therapy for many conditions, but it is primarily used to treat high blood pressure, tension headache, migraine headache, chronic pain, and urinary incontinence.
		Utility of biofeedback for the daytime syndrome of urinary frequency and urgency of childhood.
	www.umm.edu /altmed/ConsModalities/Biofeedbackcm.html (1528 words)

	Phantom Limb Pain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We start these patients out with surface electromyographic biofeedback because we find that it is easier to learn and gives trainees the confidence they need when learning to control their limb temperature.
		Awareness of the residual limb's temperature and/or patterns of muscle tension in the patient's environment is emphasized throughout the training process so that control is eventually achieved while the subject is in the normal environment without the subject having to concentrate on continuously maintaining control.
		Biofeedback can be an effective treatment for cramping and burning phantom limb pain when used with appropriate patients in conjunction with home based temperature and muscle tension recognition and control training.
	www.bfe.org /protocol/pro05eng.htm (1854 words)

	ACS :: What is Biofeedback?
		Biofeedback is the term used for a treatment method that uses monitoring devices to help people consciously regulate their bodily functions – such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and muscle tension.
		An NIH panel found biofeedback was moderately effective in relieving many types of chronic pain, such as tension headaches and some types of insomnia.
		Biofeedback is often a matter of trial and error.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_What_is_Biofeedback_.asp (626 words)

	Biofeedback
		Biofeedback is a technique that gives information about functions that are usually regulated automatically by the body, such as your heart rate or muscle contractions.
		Biofeedback is used for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and urge urinary incontinence (UUI).
		Biofeedback is most useful in helping women to learn how to do pelvic floor exercises properly, according to research carried out in 1993 and 1996.
	www.netdoctor.co.uk /womenshealth/sui/biofeedback_005169.htm (858 words)

	Biofeedback and Constipation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biofeedback and home strengthening exercises are non-surgical, non-invasive therapy options that have been shown to reduce symptoms in many of people.
		Biofeedback therapy may be used to treat several bowel disorders such as incontinence, constipation, and painful spasms of the pelvic floor muscles.
		Biofeedback may be administered by a well-trained and qualified physician, nurse, or physical or occupational therapist.
	www.aboutconstipation.org /biofeedback.html (559 words)

	BiofeedbackZone.com - Biofeedback Products and Resources for Practitioners and Home Users
		Biofeedback is under study as a potential aid in the treatment of a number of other ailments as well, although results are more mixed.
		Biofeedback is a "mind over matter" form of therapy that has only recently begun to filter into mainstream medicine.
		Although biofeedback is harmless--and can often be helpful--it is not a substitute for regular visits to the doctor if you have a serious chronic condition such as diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, or high blood pressure.
	webideas.com /biofeedback/whatis (1743 words)

	Biofeedback
		Biofeedback is where someone is taught how to control the physiological responses of his or her body.
		And while Biofeedback first commenced in the 1950s with the esteemed work of Elmer Green at the Menninger Clinic in Kansas, it is only in the last few years that people are realising the benefits of treating stress through biofeedback.
		The biofeedback is seen to dance up and down on the monitor, represented by the letters G, E, T and P. During the guided imagery session, changes in the four neural functions are continually displayed on the computer monitor, with each one identified for the individual measurement involved:
	www.cassel.edu.au /biofeed.htm (1837 words)

	biofeedback
		Biofeedback increases our awareness of the ability to control that part of the nervous system that we do not recognize as having such direct impact.
		Biofeedback monitors physical processes and provides a visual/auditory display that is used as a therapeutic tool in teaching control of these biological systems.
		Biofeedback Therapist: Caroline Bouton RN,C,BCIA is a registered nurse, ANA certified in psychiatric and mental health and BCIA certified in clinical biofeedback therapy.
	www.yafferuden.com /html/biofeedback.html (368 words)

	Treatments for ADHD: EEG Biofeedback: A Promising New Therapy for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
		During EEG Biofeedback training with epileptics, it was observed that symptoms of hyperactivity decreased (Lubar and Bahler, 1976a).
		EEG Biofeedback is not a cure for ADHD, but can help these children to improve their academic performance, social skills, and most of all their self esteem (Othmer and Othmer, 1992a).
		Biofeedback helps ADHD children to realize that they can overcome their problems (inattention/ hyperactivity) and are not at the mercy of this disorder.
	www.healing-arts.org /children/ADHD/biofeedback.htm (3316 words)

	Biofeedback: Exciting and Empowering Process
		Biofeedback is useful in treating many disorders, ranging from the reeducation of damaged nerves to certain types of epilepsy, but it is most typically used in treating disorders like TMJ, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic headaches, high blood pressure, generalized stress, anxiety and insomnia.
		Biofeedback is extremely effective for significantly reducing both the frequency and severity of the majority of tension and migraine headaches.
		Biofeedback is helpful in both cases to educate and reinforce the proper functioning of the sphincter muscles.
	www.lifematters.com /bfbarticle.html (1659 words)

	Biofeedback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Biofeedback and home strengthening exercises are a nonsurgical, non-invasive therapy option that have been shown to reduce symptoms in a large percentage of people.
		Biofeedback therapy may be used to treat a variety of bowel disorders including incontinence, constipation, painful spasms of the pelvic floor muscles and symptoms associated with the irritable bowel syndrome.
		Biofeedback may be administered by a well trained and qualified physician, nurse, or physical or occupational therapist.
	www.aboutincontinence.org /biofeedback.html (597 words)

	Newswise
		The results suggest that HRV biofeedback appears promising as an adjunctive treatment for asthma, and appears to maintain asthma condition with a reduced dose of inhaled steroids.
		The HRV biofeedback study was conducted at the psychophysiology laboratory at UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, and the private outpatient offices of participating asthma physicians.
		Biofeedback is a process of learning greater body control, with the aid of instruments that monitor physiological changes.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/509986 (564 words)

	Biofeedback
		Biofeedback: The Process - Explains levels of stress, how they become chronic, and the role of biofeedback in relaxation.
		Biofeedback: Review, History and Application - An article by Donald E. O'Hair, Ph.D. Brain.com - Brain.com's education and information resource on the mind / body connection, insight into biochemical/physiological relationships, mind and body interaction; and developments in the use of biofeedback and alternative treatments and therapy for mental health and fitness.
		EEG Biofeedback / Neurofeedback Central - A resource with many internal and net links on EEG biofeedback and neurofeedback, articles, Winter Brain meeting abstracts, tapes of lectures and workshops, links, and meeting and workshop announcements.
	www.ability.org.uk /biofeedback.html (538 words)

	biofeedback stress reduction therapy relaxation training
		Biofeedback is a form of learning that can lead to improved control over basic mental inclinations, such as relaxation or alertness.
		In the course of days, weeks, or months of training, degrees of control are established where the desired mental mode is stimulated, as mental and/or environmental conditions lead to its need, which leads to recall of that goal definition laid into memory, with its associations to the desired mental basis of inclination.
		Biofeedback is used successfully by individuals for relaxation training.
	www.armory.com /~moe/home.htm (592 words)

	Biofeedback
		Biofeedback is a learning process in which people are taught to improve their health and performance by observing signals generated by their own bodies.
		The word "biofeedback" was coined to describe laboratory procedures that trained research subjects to alter brain activity, blood pressure, muscle tension, heart rate and other physiological responses often thought to have been beyond voluntary control.
		As a result, biofeedback can train individuals with techniques for living a healthier life overall - whether one has a medical condition or not.
	home.covad.net /~michaelgholt/Biofeedback.htm (790 words)

	Biofeedback
		Biofeedback is a technique used to make the patient aware of their bodies physiologic responses.
		In addition, many of the studies regarding biofeedback are small and often have combining therapies.
		Biofeedback is not truly an alternative choice for migraine treatment, unlike the other practices evaluated on this site.
	altmed.creighton.edu /migraine/biofeedback.htm (491 words)

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