Biofeedback is a complementary treatment that teaches people how to change how their bodies work. It’s a mind-body therapy that can help you feel better both physically and mentally. Biofeedback therapy is a new treatment option for drug and alcohol addiction and mental health issues. Although the technology has been around for a long time, its effectiveness in treating addiction and mental health is becoming a hot topic among specialists.
How does it work?
A practitioner employs monitoring devices and instruments. These measure your body’s processes during a biofeedback session. The practitioner discusses how you can make physiologic modifications. Specifically, based on the feedback from the devices. You can learn to produce those body changes without needing equipment with education and experience.
Breathing, heart rate, and muscle activity are among the physiological signs measured by the sensors. Biofeedback assists clients in realizing that the skills they are learning in treatment are assisting them. They assist in gaining more control over themselves and their life.
What are the benefits of biofeedback?
Many different ailments can benefit from biofeedback. Here’s a breakdown of some of biofeedback’s advantages and what it can help with:
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Chronic pains
• High blood pressure
• Headaches
• Early cognitive decline
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Raynaud’s disease
• Asthma
• Tinnitus
• Epilepsy
• Enhance the efficacy of other treatment options
• Assist those who aren’t responding to medication.
• Encourage self-determination and autonomy.
