Biofeedback Resources International Blog
Many veterans who have served our country well suffer from a variety of symptoms and illnesses after deployment. Some of the common conditions they deal with are anxiety, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome), depression, headaches, pain, and insomnia. A very standard treatment for these conditions is a prescription for medication. In some cases, medications can provide relief. There can also be a downside. Even when drugs are effective there may be accompanying negat...
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Posted December 20, 2019 at 12:02 AM
BioGraph Infiniti version 6.0 is designed to provide full compatibility with the most versatile systems. Operating systems support include: Windows® 8, Windows® 7, Windows® Vista®, and Windows® XP. BioGraph Infiniti Software is the core of all current and future Thought Technology Biofeedback and Psychophysiology products. It provides a multimedia rich graphical experience, while capturing and analyzing raw data. It includes all the features and functions required to run our specialized appli...
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Posted December 05, 2019 at 02:57 AM
Baseline levels show if there is residual stress reaction in the person. High muscle tension or skin conductance levels or low hand temperature or heart rate variability can mean that the person is in a state of stress and tension even when attempting to relax. Changes that occur during stress periods of the PSP can indicate which modalities react more and if they seem to be related to the type of symptoms the person is presenting with. Return to baseline or lack of return to baseline can ind...
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Posted November 20, 2019 at 02:09 AM
BioFun Games BioFun is a newly released software add-on for BioGraph Infiniti, consisting in a series of video games and toy interfaces to help your clients become healthier by teaching strategies of self-regulation and developing voluntary control while having fun! Travel the World You are invited to participate in the “Fly around the World” competition; a prestigious hot air balloon race inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel. Control a balloon with your physiology and fly over f...
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Posted November 15, 2019 at 11:04 PM
Mental health symptoms and solutions are being openly discussed more than ever. Most days that I turn on the news I hear at least one story related to mental health. Just today I heard a report about three separate people who were survivors or a relative of a survivor of a school shooting who committed suicide. We often hear reports of the devastation across the country related to abuse of opioid drugs. Concussions caused by car accidents, slip and falls, sports injuries c...
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Posted November 13, 2019 at 11:35 PM
Many psychologists in the United States of America are required to take training to keep up with new developments in the field and to remind them of things that they may have learned a long time ago. There are many options for training including face to face programs, online programs, and material that psychologists can read. There are also many different topics that can be studied. As long as you have to take training you might as well make it something interesting, enjoyable, and ...
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Posted October 23, 2019 at 12:21 AM
A PSP provides a great deal of useful information and helps our clients understand why they are doing biofeedback, what the starting point is, what the goals are, and why. So why don’t more biofeedback providers use them? What is a psychophysiological stress profile? A PSP is a baseline test in which we record multiple biofeedback modalities usually including surface EMG, skin temperature, skin conductance, respiration, and heart rate/heart rate variability. Sometimes other modalities like bl...
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Posted September 25, 2019 at 12:19 AM
Brain injuries can be caused in many different ways. Whether they are diagnosed or not can depend on how severe they are, where they happen, who is around when they happen, and whether the injured person seeks medical care. Some of the sources of brain injuries include car accidents, sports injuries, slip and falls, physical fights and assaults among other things. When the brain is injured the electrical activity and function of the brain is affected. Neurofeedback training is a way to help t...
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Posted March 29, 2019 at 02:55 AM
Neurofeedback trainingis available from many providers in some parts of New York but still is not widely available in other parts of the state. Manhattan has several providers. There are some in Westchester County and others in Long Island and Queens. They are much more rare in other areas like Upstate New York. Some resources for finding providers include the Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society (nrbs.org), The Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback (aapb.org) and theBi...
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Posted March 25, 2019 at 12:00 AM
For almost thirty years we have been assisting practitioners in getting the training they need in order to be successful in biofeedback. However, there have been others who simply could not afford to come to our seminars (we have many international clients). Also, there are those who want to get a good grounding in biofeedback before they come to the seminars. Others who want to be able to review the science as preparation for taking the BCIA exam or just to learn more. Finally, there are tho...
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Posted March 12, 2019 at 04:50 AM