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Smith Stress Management
What does biofeedback do and how might it help me?
Biofeedback measures various physiologic parameters of the body. The biofeedback system helps manage and retrain stress patterns, educates clients on crucial information about stress and empowers them to make lifestyle choices to support their overall heath and well-being.
What are the impacts of stress?
Stress is created by any upset to our body’s equilibrium. It can come from a wide variety of sources including: deadlines, pressures, excess stimulation, lack of sleep, too much or too little exercise, poor nutrition, emotional trauma, physical injuries, illnesses, surgeries and much more.
The National Institute of Health indicates that stress plays a role in at least 87% of all illness!
Common physiologic changes resulting from stress include:
Increased heart rate and/or increased blood pressure
Hormonal imbalances contribute to issues of endocrine, reproductive, emotional and digestive disorders, as well as obesity and diabetes
Constriction of muscles and blood vessels
The suppression of non life-sustaining processes. This affects higher brain function, memory, mental clarity, immunity, digestion and reproduction.
What can biofeedback tell me about my stress?
In approximately ten minutes valuable information about the client’s stress reactions are received. Information about reactions to over 11,000 subtle stress related signatures and physiologic parameters are gathered to provide information that is highly specific to the individual.
The evolution of biofeedback has been built upon major developments in the fields of bioenergetics, voltametrics, quantum physics, homeopathy and others. Biofeedback uses technologies similar to the MRI, CT scan and ECG; all of which measure the electrical activity in various parts of the body.
What are some key features of biofeedback?
Cybernetic loop – a two-way communication between the device and the computer which constantly “checks in” with the client and measures progress
Practitioners are able to individualize their protocols to meet highly detailed and specific needs of each client
Passive biofeedback helps clients retrain physiologic reactions at unconscious levels
Rectification Values calculate how clients are responding to the intervention, moment by moment
Biofeedback results may indicate which lifestyle factors are contributing to the body’s overall stress load
Has simultaneous program functionality. Can run multiple programs at once to create an enhanced synergistic effect
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