What is Biofeedback?
Biofeedback training teaches how to consciously change and control the body's vital functions that are normally unconscious, such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure, through information provided by electronic devices.
Biofeedback is a relatively new field. It was only during the late 1960's that scientist came to believe that these normally unconscious, autonomic functions could be voluntarily controlled.
Biofeedback is particularly useful with stress-related conditions. It is also useful for conditions where there is inadequate control over muscle groups or muscle dysfunction.
Conditions treated with biofeedback include:
stress, headaches, asthma, muscle injury, pain relief, insomnia, high blood pressure, digestive disorders, attention deficit disorder, to name just a few.
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