Discover EEG Biofeedback: A Non-Invasive Method of Training the Brain

 

Do you have a brain-related problem like depression, an addiction, or ADD/ADHD? Or do you have head trauma from a stroke, injury, high fever, or lack of oxygen?

When these problems are present, there’s a change in the brain pattern. EEG biofeedback trains the brain patterns to become more functional. It looks at brain wave patterns and gives feedback through a computer. This process is called “neurofeedback,” and the capability to read brain waves on a computer is called “real time.”

“Neurofeedback,” says Margaret Ayers, “helps improve functions such as concentration, short-term memory, speech, motor skills, sleep, energy level, and emotional balance.” And the results of the training are permanent unless another trauma or injury occurs.

She likens the effect of neurofeedback training to that of using training wheels on a bicycle. Once one learns to achieve balance, the training wheels aren’t needed. “The body,” she says, “does not forget.”

Neuropathways EEG Imaging™

Margaret Ayers developed the Neuropathways EEG biofeedback (BFB) system over 20 years ago. She has brought out over 25 people from either coma, vegetative state (VS), or persistent vegetative state (PVS). The families had been told there was nothing else to be done.

For the last three years, Dr. Sara Hunt Harper has studied under Margaret Ayers. Using Neuropathways EEG Imaging, she has helped many people with various levels of brain-related problems. Dr. Harper has given special presentations to several professional organizations regarding the results of using the EEG biofeedback system with four patients in VS and PVS. To contact Dr. Harper , click here.

Startling Facts on Traumatic Brain Injury

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1,500-2,000 people per year are added to the pool of people who do not come out of a coma and remain in a vegetative state for years. That number is called the “incidence of VS in the U.S.”

“CDC does not keep stats on the prevalence,” says Dr. Harper. “This means that we have no idea how many people this involves at a given point. Estimates from other sources on the prevalence range from 25,000-45,000 to 140,000-420,000. This is a large under-served population, as is there is no know treatment for these patients other than palliative care just to keep them alive. Most die from either respiratory or urinary tract infection.”

 
 
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