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How do you evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of biofeedback and neurofeedback interventions?

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Biofeedback and neurofeedback are two types of interventions that can help you manage stress and improve your health and well-being. They involve using sensors and devices to monitor and regulate your physiological responses, such as heart rate, muscle tension, brain waves, and skin temperature. By learning how to control these responses, you can reduce pain, anxiety, insomnia, and other symptoms of stress. But how do you know if these interventions are working for you? How do you measure their effectiveness and outcomes? In this article, we will explore some of the ways to evaluate biofeedback and neurofeedback interventions and how to use the feedback to optimize your results.

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1 Baseline assessment

Before you start any biofeedback or neurofeedback intervention, it is important to have a baseline assessment of your current condition and goals. This can include a physical examination, a psychological evaluation, a self-report questionnaire, or a standardized test. A baseline assessment can help you identify the areas that need improvement, the optimal level of physiological arousal, and the best type of intervention for your needs. It can also serve as a reference point to compare your progress and outcomes later on.

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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Biofeedback, neuro-feedback or any other energetic/ emotional/ physical approach or coaching intervention can be pre and post tested with a 1 - 10 scale pain or discomfort scale, muscle testing, and feedback from the client.

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Mark Burns

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When substantial shifts occur in frequencies, I question patients about their experience. Calmness often brings deeper acceptance and receptivity to being fully present. I record beginning baselines and ending baselines, for each session.

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Hans Quistorff, LMT

Antalgic Posture Pain Specialist
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A simple test of antalgic posture is the relative position bilaterally of the anterior inferior mastoid spine which can be determined by placing a finger on that point under4 the outer ear. Asking a client to shift to a position that moves the mastoids towards symmetry will often give symptom relief. A smart watch which checks blood pressure and heart rate will often indicate reduced body stress when checked before and after doing positional relief. Often both heart rate and the amount of presasure needed to detect the pulse will drop demonstrating that the heart is able to fill with more blood at each beat in the relief state.

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2 Session feedback

During each biofeedback or neurofeedback session, you will receive feedback from the sensors and devices that measure your physiological responses. This feedback can be visual, auditory, or tactile, depending on the type of intervention. For example, you may see a graph of your heart rate variability on a screen, hear a tone that changes with your brain wave activity, or feel a vibration that corresponds to your skin temperature. The feedback can help you learn how to adjust your breathing, relaxation, attention, or other mental strategies to achieve the desired state of physiological regulation. Session feedback can also help you track your performance, motivation, and satisfaction with the intervention.

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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For the client learning to recognize patterns that don't feel good can be the first step into digging deeper and getting true insight and relief. Before each session it is very important to do some activity with client to increase focus, get feedback as to progress and challenges between sessions and Set the goal for the current session.

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3 Outcome measures

After completing a series of biofeedback or neurofeedback sessions, you will need to evaluate the outcomes of the intervention. This can include measuring the changes in your physiological responses, such as heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension, brain waves, or skin temperature. You can also measure the changes in your psychological and behavioral outcomes, such as pain intensity, mood, sleep quality, cognitive function, or coping skills. Outcome measures can be objective, such as using sensors, devices, or tests, or subjective, such as using self-report questionnaires or interviews. Outcome measures can help you determine if the intervention has met your goals, improved your health and well-being, and reduced your stress.

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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Before and after each session have them send you their "stats" blood pressure etc. and create and maintain a daily journal so both you and client most importantly can monitor progress and report to you if something urgent happens between sessions that needs to be addressed.

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4 Follow-up assessment

To ensure the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of biofeedback and neurofeedback interventions, you will need to have a follow-up assessment after a certain period of time. This can be a few weeks, months, or even years after the intervention, depending on your condition and goals. A follow-up assessment can help you monitor your maintenance of the physiological regulation skills, the stability of the outcomes, and the need for booster sessions or adjustments. A follow-up assessment can also help you identify any new challenges or opportunities for further improvement.

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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Being willing to take the steady weekly achievement and send in report before your session lots of old deep seated issues can be gently replaced with calm, confident, happy to be here and blessed to be working together energy. The person, their family and their work benefits

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5 Personal reflection

Besides using objective and subjective measures to evaluate biofeedback and neurofeedback interventions, you can also use personal reflection to assess your experience and learning. Personal reflection can help you explore your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and actions related to the intervention. It can also help you recognize your strengths, weaknesses, achievements, and challenges. Personal reflection can be done in different ways, such as writing a journal, having a conversation, or using a rating scale. Personal reflection can help you enhance your self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-efficacy.

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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There is no holistic approach without personal growth and reflection. This lays the groundwork and functions as a springboard to their happiness, success and better personal and community relationships. Thus a step towards a more robust balanced planet.

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6 Professional feedback

Finally, you can also benefit from receiving professional feedback from a qualified biofeedback or neurofeedback practitioner. A professional can help you interpret the data and results from the intervention, provide guidance and support, and offer recommendations and referrals. A professional can also help you address any issues or concerns that may arise during or after the intervention, such as side effects, difficulties, or expectations. Professional feedback can help you optimize your biofeedback or neurofeedback intervention and achieve the best possible outcomes.

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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We all need to let others who have the knowing and skills we want to achieve to help us learn how to thrive nand love each other and ourselves more.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Mary Wolken Ph.D.

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Because our society/ most traditional trained medical professions have been educated by the pharmacy money to crack out the numbers and forget to care - cause there is no time! Way too many drugs are polluting our bodies, minds and lands. Only we can change this and learn to care again.

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