This document discusses how biofeedback therapy works to help treat various medical conditions. During a biofeedback session, electrodes are attached to monitor heart rate, blood pressure, skin temperature and other physiological signals. The patient sees feedback, like sounds or lights, representing their body's responses. Relaxation techniques like deep breathing, guided imagery and muscle relaxation are used to help lower stress responses. Biofeedback can help with issues like chronic pain, anxiety, incontinence and more by training patients to control involuntary bodily processes.
5. HOW DOES BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY WORK?
• DURING A BIOFEEDBACK SESSION, ELECTRODES
ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR SKIN.
• THESE ELECTRODES/SENSORS SEND SIGNALS TO A
MONITOR
• A SOUND, FLASH OF LIGHT, OR IMAGE THAT
REPRESENTS YOUR HEART AND BREATHING RATE,
BLOOD PRESSURE, SKIN TEMPERATURE, SWEATING,
OR MUSCLE ACTIVITY.
• WHEN YOU'RE UNDER STRESS, THESE FUNCTIONS
CHANGE. YOUR HEART RATE SPEEDS UP,
• MUSCLES TIGHTEN, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE RISES,
YOU START TO SWEAT, AND YOUR BREATHING
QUICKENS.
7. GUIDED IMAGERY –
CONCENTRATING ON A SPECIFIC IMAGE (SUCH AS THE COLOUR AND TEXTURE OF
AN ORANGE) TO FOCUS YOUR MIND AND MAKE YOU FEEL MORE RELAXED