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Therapy using computerized machines to measure and display
body functions and states. By monitoring these mental and
physical functions through stages of rest and activity,
they can be controlled. Biofeedback helps patients improve
their health by understanding signals from their own bodies
and working consciously to affect change. Generally, biofeedback
is used in a clinical setting by licensed health professionals.
Because it provides an alternative to drugs for the treatment
of stress-induced pain, it works well in a natural medicine
setting.
Some companies
are now using Biofeedback in working with race horses. Clinicians
are trained to use the biofeedback machines to gauge a person's
internal bodily functions to help the patient tune into
the activity inside their bodies. Patients then learn to
identify the circumstances that trigger their symptoms and
are taught some form of relaxation exercise to relieve the
symptoms. With some of the more sophisticated machines,
the senses of the animal are monitored and the appropriate
or desired effected is “fed back” to the animal
for the desired response.
Benefits/Contraindications
See professional
for information.
Training/Licensing
Certification
for healthcare professionals is available. To qualify for
training, trainees must have:
A bachelor's degree
or higher from a regionally-accredited academic institution
in a healthcare field.
Qualifying programs
include:
- Physical therapy
- Western
- Allopathic medicine
- Exercise physiology
- Dentistry
- Nursing
- Respiratory therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Psychology
- Social work
- Counseling
- Rehabilitation
- Chiropractic
- Dental hygiene, and more.
There are some
companies with Biofeedback machines that can be purchased
for home use and working with animals that do not require
a degree.
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