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About BioNeurofeedback
BioNeurofeedback is about training the mind and body to elicit healing and optimal functioning. Our level of arousal should vary depending on what task we are performing. The goal of biofeedback treatment is to help you achieve the
best level of arousal for the wide variety of situations in your
life. The ultimate goal of all biofeedback therapy is to stabilize,
normalize and optimize psychophysiological functioning by training you in physiological flexibility by learning how to shift into the best energy level for the task you are performing.
Here are some of the basics:
We have two
separate branches in our nervous system. In general, one activates
while the other deactivates.
| Sympathetic
Nervous System (SNS) |
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Parasympathetic
Nervous System (PNS) |
- Activation
- Preparedness
- Energy
expending
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- Relaxation
- Recovery
- Energy
restoring
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First, biofeedback will be used to analyze the way your nervous system currently functions in a variety of situations about the functioning of your
nervous system. Are you too reactive or do you not react enough?
Do you recover well after exposure to an arousing stress? What
is your "idling speed", that is, where along this continuum
do you exist most of the time when you're doing nothing? (Some people overuse their sympathetic system almost all the
time!)
Once you find
out how your nervous system is functioning,
you can make the necessary
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