Biofeedback is the process of gaining greater awareness of many physiological functions of one’s own body, and with a goal of being able to manipulate the body’s systerns at will. Biofeedback can also be thought of as self-regulation. Some of the processes that can be controlled include brainwaves, muscle tone, skin conductance, heart rate and pain perception. During a blofeedback session, the therapist attaches electrodes to the patient’s skin, and these send information to a monitoring box. The therapist views the measurements on the monitor, and, through trial and error, identifies a range of mental activities and relaxation techniques that can help regulate the patient’s bodily processes. Our goal is for our patients to eventually learn how to control these processes without the need for monitoring.

Biofeedback Therapy includes:

• Thermal biofeedback (a skin temperature measurement)
• Electromyography (a muscle tension measurement)