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Train your Brain
This
powerful brain-based technique has been successfully helping clients
around the world for more than 30 years. It is non-invasive and offers
dramatic results for a multitude of symptoms.
We
“listen in” on brainwave activity through electrodes applied to the
scalp—a painless, non-invasive procedure you may be familiar with if
you’ve ever had an electroencephalogram (EEG).
Therapeutic Applications of
Neurofeedback
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Sound Familiar?
Who Can Benefit?
Acquired a brain injury.
Anxiety and depression.
Asperger’s
Attention deficits.
Autism.
Bed wetting.
Behavior disorders.
Bipolar disorder.
Birth trauma.
Cerebral palsy.
Chronic fatigue.
Chronic pain.
Drug abuse.
Dyslexia.
Emotional disturbances.
Headaches and migraines
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Issues related to aging.
Night terrors.
Nightmares.
Parkinsonism.
PMS.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Seizures.
Sleep walking, sleep talking and other sleep disorders.
Suicidal behavior.
Teeth grinding.
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Train Your Brain:
Neurofeedback, also known as EEG Biofeedback or Neurotherapy, is a
groundbreaking technique that challenges the brain to a higher level of
performance. This powerful brain-based technique has been successfully
helping clients around the world for more than 30 years. It is
non-invasive and offers dramatic results for a multitude of symptoms.
Who may benefit from neurofeedback? Children and adults with
- Acquired brain injury
- Anxiety and depression
- Asperger’s
- Attention deficits
- Autism
- Bed wetting
- Behavior disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Birth trauma
- Cerebral palsy
- Chronic fatigue
- Chronic pain
- Drug abuse
- Dyslexia
- Emotional disturbances
- Headaches and migraines
- Issues related to aging
- Night terrors
- Nightmares
- Parkinsonism
- PMS
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Seizures
- Sleep walking, sleep talking and other sleep disorders
- Suicidal behavior
- Teeth grinding
How it works
We “listen in” on brainwave activity through electrodes applied to the
scalp—a painless, non-invasive procedure you may be familiar with if
you’ve ever had an electroencephalogram (EEG). We then process the
signal by computer and extract information about key brainwave
frequencies. We show the ebb and flow of this activity back to the
person, who attempts to change their brain’s activity level, increasing
or decreasing it, depending upon the specific focus. We present this
information to the person in the form of a game, so the person is
effectively playing a game with his or her brain. Eventually the
brainwave activity is "shaped" toward more desirable, more regulated
performance. The frequencies we target and the locations on the scalp
where we listen in on the brain are specific to the individual and to
the conditions we are trying to address.
How long does it take?
Each session depends on the treatment.
How long does it last?
Neurofeedback involves learning by the brain and if that brings order
out of disorder, the brain will continue to use its new capabilities,
and thus reinforce them. Matters are different when we are dealing with
degenerative conditions, like Parkinson's or the dementias, or when we
are working against continuing insults to the system, as may be the
case in the autism spectrum. In such cases the training needs to be
continued at some level over time. Allergic susceptibilities and food
intolerances make it more difficult to hold the gains. Poor digestive
function will pose a problem, as does poor nutrition. A child living in
a toxic environment (in either the physical or the psychological sense)
will have more difficulty retaining good function.
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Neurofeedback in Hawaii
Source: KGMB-9 by Ramsay Wharton - February 5, 2009
Feature segment on Neurofeedback from KGMB-9 News in Hawaii.
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Media Watch: Neurofeedback
WGN-TV - February 4, 2009
Feature segment on Neurofeedback from WGN-TV in Chicago, Il.
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Mended Minds
"Modern" afflictions like stress, fatigue, depression and hyperactivity
can affect the brain. Martin Wuttke has developed a training program
that helps harmonise brain frequencies. His treatment removes most of
the static so that the brain can heal. A conversation with a pioneer.
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Alternative ADHD Treatment: Neurofeedback
Can neurofeedback really help your child? Here's what you need to know about this alternative ADHD treatment.
by Pamela Michaels
Cody Miller was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADD ADHD) in first grade. While her behavior improved with medication,
she experienced unacceptable side effects.
"I didn't care about anything," says Cody, now 14. Her parents stopped
the meds, and Cody began behaving aggressively toward her parents, her
friends, even her pets. Her mother turned to neurofeedback, an
alternative ADHD treatment that uses brain exercises to reduce
impulsivity and increase attentiveness.
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Nondrug Options for ADHD -Biofeedback; allergy treatment; vision therapy
2008
In biofeedback therapy, children with ADHD wear electrodes on their
head and learn to control video games by exercising the parts of the
brain related to attention and focus. Research to date suggests not
only that children enjoy this therapy; it actually works as well as
medication.
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Real Stories...Real People...Real Success
October 2008
Clinicians talk about the Othmer's approach to Neurofeedback
watch video...
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| 2007 |
EEG Info "Neurofeedback Training Course" Video
July 11, 2007
An Intensive Hands-on Introduction to the Clinical Practice of Neurofeedback
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ABC 7 Medical: Bio Feedback
February 23, 2007
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| 2006 |
Wired for Victory
December 18, 2006
A quiet mind is a winning mind.
That's why the players of the Italian soccer team AC Milan gather every
two weeks in the Mind Room, a glassed-in facility at the team's chic
training complex. There, on zero-gravity recliners, listening to the
soothing sounds of New Age music, they unwind. In a way. Each player's
head is fitted out with miniature electrodes that send a signal from
his scalp to a computer, so while he relaxes he can also watch his
brain waves play out, like a video game, as brightly colored zigs and
zags on a monitor.
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Physical Therapy for the Brain
November 27, 2006
EVERY week for two years, Michael Hammett stared at a computer screen,
trying to open a flower with his mind.
Hammett had developed a case of carpal tunnel syndrome so severe he
needed surgery. But being a former opiate abuser, he refused to use the
medications that would be needed to control the resulting pain. Having
already tried physical therapy, he set his mind on another alternative:
neurofeedback.
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Good concept? It's a Brainwave
September 30, 2006
In a South London clinic a young girl is sitting with an electrode
attached to her scalp, staring intently at a computer screen. Every so
often there is a ping and on the screen, which shows a simple graphic
of sea and sky, another bird appears, hovering above the water. That’s
a signal that in the game Lara Hargrave, 10, is playing, using only her
brain waves to control the action, she has just scored a point.
No, this isn't some new tweenage computer craze. It's a high-tech brain
therapy called neurofeedback that Lara's mother Juliet claims has
significantly alleviated her daughter's attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). Practitioners claim that the therapy, which centres on
the idea that the electrical activity in our brains can be trained to
become healthier, has achieved dramatic results on attention disorders,
depression, epilepsy, even incontinence.
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Focus and Relaxation Translate into Improved Sports Performance
August 9, 2006
For those of you golfers out there, you know the old saying --drive for show, putt for dough!
But do you have a hard time getting in the zone? Does a lack of
concentration affect your ability to sink that birdie attempt?
The latest in sports performance — neurobiofeedback — is not a new technology or technique.
Biofeedback has been used since the 70s to help people relax. But the
latest generation incorporates brain waves, pulse, and respiration
along with video games to help teach people off the court to focus and
relax during the game.
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Healthful Living Radio Segment
June 29, 2006
Siegfried Othmer Radio Segment.
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Mastering Migraines
April 2006
My migraines announce their imminent arrivals with great fanfare. After
30 years I know the drill: silver stars swirl before my eyes, and as I
watch the psychedelic light show—the classic pre-migraine aura—I
realize with growing dread that misery is on its way.
A few hours later, a vague tightness in my right temple gives way to a
nauseating one-sided pounding. If left untreated, the pain is so
intense in its jackhammer-like regularity that the faintest light
appears blinding, small sounds are intensified and smells are
unbearable. The only relief is to sleep, fitfully, with an ice pack
perched precariously on my head while my husband hovers, empathetic but
powerless to help. As the hours wear on, I actually welcome the
inevitable vomiting as a blessed sign the end of the migraine is near.
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Accelerate Your Brain: iMusic© - An Interplay Between Neuroscience and Music
April 2006
Lab trials and university studies have shown over and over, that
optimizing our brainwaves and training our minds to perform better for
us, by just listening to the right iMusic selection, can have a huge
impact on focus, memory and intelligence, whether we're highly
intelligent or existing at low functional levels.
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Brain Training Can Change Autistic Behaviour
April 25, 2006
NEUROFEEDBACK practice may be able to alleviate some of the symptoms of
autism, according to a pilot study on eight children with the disorder.
The technique involves hooking people up to electrodes and getting them
to try and control their brain waves. In people with autism, the "mu"
wave is thought to be dysfunctional. Since this wave is associated with
"mirror neurons" - the brain cells that underpin empathy and
understanding of others - Jaime Pineda at the University of California,
San Diego, wondered if controlling it through neurofeedback could
exercise faulty mirror neurons and improve their function.
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U.S. Newswire: Clinic Reports Dramatic Results Treating Autism, ADD without Drugs
March 21, 2006
She was a mother without hope. Diagnosed with autism, her six year old
son, EJ, bit other children, threw tantrums and chairs. "He had no
future," says Beatrice Tan, whose family stopped going to church
because it was too risky to put EJ in the nursery.
Now, after several months of specialized, neurofeedback therapy at
Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine - www.drakeinstitute.com - in
Los Angeles, EJ no longer bites: he hugs. He has friends, and "we have
hope," says Beatrice, now back in church with EJ and husband, Ronnie.
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Treating Migraines without Painkillers
March 6, 2006
For many people, a nagging migraine means turning to an
over-the-counter pain pill like acetaminophen, or, in some cases, a
prescription medication like Imitrex.
But recent advances in nondrug treatments, such as biofeedback and
neurofeedback, have opened more options for headache suffers. And
something as seemingly unrelated as heart surgery may hold the solution
for some people.
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Veterans Today: Army Study Reveals One-Third of Troops Returning from Iraq seek PTSD Help
March 1, 2006
Soldiers and marines who served in Iraq during the current war are
seeking mental health services at a high rate within a year of
returning home, according to army researchers here.
The problems go beyond post-traumatic stress syndrome, although the
investigators at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research counted
nearly 22,000 veterans in that category.
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Scientific American Mind: Train Your Brain
February 2006
At first the computer game looks awfully easy for an eight-year-old -
like something out of the Stone Age of arcades in the 1980s. A red
triangle "arrow" appears on the monitor's blue screen, and then the
nose of a cartoon airplane glides into view from the left. If the arrow
points upward, Ben must make the plane climb. When he succeeds, a spiky
yellow sun beams.
A second glance shows that all is not as it seems. For one thing, Ben
has no joystick. Instead several electrodes glued to the boy's face and
to the skin under his hair let him pilot the plane by thought alone.
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Veterans Today: Free Neurofeedback for Enhanced Mental Function for Veterans
January 12, 2006
EEG Neurofeedback is being offered at no cost to returning veterans
through a growing network of Neurofeedback practitioners nationwide.
The group of mental health practitioners volunteering their services
has been brought together through the auspices of the Brian Othmer
Foundation in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA. The group incorporates a
variety of health and educational professionals who offer Neurofeedback
as part or all of their practice.
EEG Neurofeedback is training in brain function based on information
derived from the EEG (electroencephalogram). With such training, speedy
recovery can be achieved for the sleep problems, pain syndromes,
irritability, anger and rage, as well as cognitive deficits with which
soldiers often return from combat. Somewhat longer training can offer
symptomatic relief of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The
training can also help soldiers recover from excessive drug, alcohol,
and tobacco dependency.
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AZCentral: Drugless ADHD Therapy Touted
November 7, 2005
A few years ago, New York Times
medical writer Jim Robbins reported on a grade school in Yonkers that
successfully gave its students access to an unusual treatment for
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
ADHD is characterized by poor concentration, distractibility,
hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Children and adults with the disorder
can't concentrate for long periods of time and are restless or tend to
daydream. The disorder typically is treated with stimulant drugs. About
8 percent of U.S. kids have it, boys more than girls.
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A Reflection on Our Times
September 23, 2005
We have just witnessed a watershed event that will surely—finally—break
through the web of fabricated reality that has been our nation's fate
at the hands of its government in recent years. Nothing could so
forcefully expose the disconnect between this government and its people
as letting New Orleans' poor drown like rats in a barrel while we could
only watch. Finally we have an event that breaks through the toxic
effluvium that has been emanating from Washington for years. Let us not
waste the opportunity. If this event does not lead to major upheavals
in our governance, then the many hundreds will indeed have died in
vain.
In the confines of this column, it is possible only to paint with a
broad brush. What we have been witnessing goes deeper than mere
incompetence in governmental institutions, from the "boy in the bubble"
on the Republican side to the "uncertain trumpet" of John Kerry on the
Democratic side.
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Neurocognitive Feedback Therapy Tested on Fibromyalgia
September 21, 2005
According to the American College of Rheumatology, fibromyalgia affects
between 3 and 6 million Americans, or one in every 50 Americans. While
the disease can affect men and children, primarily 80 to 90 percent of
those diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread muscle
pain, fatigue and multiple tender points. Tender points are precise
places on the body, such as on the neck, shoulders, back, hips and
upper and lower extremities, where people with fibromyalgia feel pain
in response to light pressure.
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Neurofeedback
Therapy Shows Promising Results in the Treatment of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder and Other High Incidence Medical Disorders
September 16, 2005
Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center has introduced a Neurofeedback
Therapy Program as part of a cutting-edge, integrative medical approach
for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
and other common brain/mood disorders, including depression, autism,
addiction, head injury, migraine, epilepsy and insomnia.
The statistics are alarming for many of these conditions and disorders.
According to a recent survey conducted by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, about 4.4 million children, aged 4 to 17 (7.8
percent of U.S. children) have been diagnosed with ADHD. More than half
of these children are taking medication for this disorder and most of
them will continue to exhibit symptoms as adults.
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Inner Act: Inner Power
February 2004
When Maria Callas was asked to describe her state of mind during a
performance, she immediately referred to the brain. She had a vision of
the brain’s two hemispheres complementing each other, as if one was in
a state of trance while the other remained alert. In Callas’
description, the two hemispheres formed a harmonious pair: one was
passive, almost on automatic pilot, while the other kept watch and
guided, without interfering in the stillness of its partner.
Thus, the personal vision of one of the 20th century's artistic wonders
remarkably touched on a future discovery that would be used as a
performance enhancing tool decades later.
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BBC News: Brain Machine "Improves Musicianship"
July 24, 2003
Scientists have created a technique that dramatically improves the performance of musicians.
The system - called neurofeedback - trains musicians to clear their
minds and produce more creative brain waves.
Research, to be published in the journal Neuroreport, indicates the
technique helps musicians to improve by an average of 17% - the
equivalent of one grade or class of honours.
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WebMD: Biofeedback Enhances ADHD Treatments - Therapy Helps Some Patients Reduce or Eliminate Medication
December 20, 2002
Biofeedback, a therapy in which patients are taught to control
physiologic functions such as heart rate, muscle tension, and even
their brain waves, is emerging as an effective treatment for attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). And new research suggests that
it may be especially beneficial to patients who can't tolerate or don't
benefit from often-used stimulant medications.
Although prescribing drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall are the most
common way of managing ADHD - and bring improvement in about 80% of
patients, says the American Psychiatric Association - they are not
without problems. Many children taking them suffer side effects such as
sleep problems, weight loss, jitters, and stomach upset, and nearly
half of those with some types of ADHD don't respond to the drugs at
all. Some experts are also concerned with their long-term use.
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Inner Act: Neurofeedback for the Remediation of Trauma in Disaster Victims
by Siegfried Othmer, Ph.D., Chief Scientist at EEG Institute - 2001
What makes the resolution of traumas so problematic to the mental
health practitioner is the fact that trauma appears to be
physiologically encoded in a variety of body systems. Trauma does not
merely reside in historical memory. This means that verbal or
cognitively-based means of addressing the traumatic memory do not reach
what may be the core issues that sustain the trauma experience. The
inability of verbal therapeutic techniques to touch these core issues
means that trauma work is often itself re-traumatizing. It has even
become axiomatic within the field that the resolution of traumas can
only occur via such a painful route.
Recent work has taken us far beyond such conceptions. The implications
are profound, and they should bear fruit in the management of the
recent trauma experience to the largest degree possible. Since these
ideas are relatively recent, many in the mental health field are only
beginning to become aware of the efficacy of the recommendations
contained herein. The rewards of such an approach, however, should be a
significant reduction in time and resources required for trauma
resolution.
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WebMD: A New Consciousness
February 21, 2000
It looks like a scene from a 1950s science fiction flick: Patients with
electrodes attached to their skulls sit deep in concentration, focusing
their minds to control the beeps and squiggly lines produced by an
electronic monitor.
Now these fantastic visions are unfolding with increasing frequency in
real medical clinics around the country; people with
epilepsy, attention deficit disorder, and other forms of serious mental
illness are treating these ailments by learning to control electrical
patterns in their own brains. This therapy, known as neurofeedback, is
emerging as the hottest new twist on biofeedback.
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Brain Music Therapy Video Interview
Duration: 5:45 min
CBS News - Eye on America: Reading, Writing & Ridalin
The search for treating attention disorders in children without using powerful drugs.
Duration 3:24 min - Size 7 MB - Quicktime (.mov)
AVM Video
Neurofeedback for Children with ADD / ADHD
Duration 13:37 min - Size 17 MB - Quicktime (.mov)
Living The Life
An alcoholic with depression uses Neurofeedack to recover, Dr. Lanier Fly.
Duration 17:26 min - Size 7.1 MB
A Video series from- the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI
Each Video is 6-12 MB in size
Celebrity News Video
Interview
New York School District
Using Neurofeedback for its ADD students
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