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Article: Biofeedback; Facts to Know.
- Article from:
- NWHRC Health Center - Biofeedback
- Article date:
- March 16, 2005
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* Biofeedback isn't a treatment or a cure. It's a set of techniques or methods for helping you become aware of your body processes in order to control them. These changes, not the biofeedback equipment itself, are what improve your health.
* Biofeedback should never be used for treating symptoms that haven't been checked out by your primary health care professional.
* Biofeedback uses audio, visual and digital cues to reflect changes in your physiology.
* Biofeedback is frequently used to help people with stress-related disorders, insomnia and chronic pain. At present, over 100 applications of this type of treatment have been described and ...