HEG (Hemoencephalography) NEUROBIOFEEDBACK
Neurobiofeedback is a non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical treatment for many conditions involving the brain’s frontal lobe activation. HEG is a relatively simple and non-intrusive way to monitor and train cerebral function.
Using computer graphics to exercise the brain, you will engage in a “concentrated attention” that will promote brain growth. HEG Neurobiofeedback exercises are fairly simple to learn. Once learned, the repetitive nature of the brain exercise is beneficial for improving executive functioning of the brain (the “doorways to the brain”). Among the symptoms of poor executive function in the prefrontal lobe area:
- poor impulse control
- inattention
- lack of social awareness
- slow reaction time
- poor planning or judgment
Exercise affects the brain much like it affects the muscles—with exercise, the brain builds a vascular system, making it—and you—more focused and efficient. This therapy can be useful in alleviating symptoms of ADD/ADHD, depression, anxiety, aging dementia, and migraine.
Typical treatment includes an initial assessment and a schedule of approximately 10-20 sessions (45 minutes/session).
HEG Neurobiofeedback is in the business of working with hypoperfused, blood-starved brain areas. When a specific area of the brain is activated to perform a task related to that particular region, the blood flow to that area increases in order to bring oxygen, glucose, and other basic nutrients needed to sustain a change. These brain exercises contribute to angiogenesis, or development of higher capillary density in the brain. By applying maximum effort, you aim to increase the feedback brain blood flow and oxygenation. By demanding increased blood oxygenation, flow increases, limits are stretched, and angiogenesis is encouraged and predominates in the process.
