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Neurofeedback Training For Traumatic Brain Injury

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Brain injuries can be caused in many different ways.  Whether they are diagnosed or not can depend on how severe they are, where they happen, who is around when they happen, and whether the injured person seeks medical care.  Some of the sources of brain injuries include car accidents, sports injuries, slip and falls, physical fights and assaults among other things.  When the brain is injured the electrical activity and function of the brain is affected.  Neurofeedback training is a way to help to normalize the electrical activity of the brain which in turn helps improve function.

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Neurofeedback Equipment for Professional and Home Use

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Devices for measuring and giving Neurofeedback Equipment of EEG brainwave activity is not new.  Some have been available commercially since the 1970s.  The first one that I was introduced to was housed in a wooden box and had an analog meter, a training frequency selector for Alpha, Theta, or Beta, a threshold setting, and audio feedback – very simple.  It did not interface with a computer and there was no data storage or report available.   This was around 1985.  Since then much has changed.  Those devices began to be interfaced with computers for better feedback and the added capabilities of data storage and reports.

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Neurofeedback Training History in Houston

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The state of Texas has played an important role in neurofeedback.  Several of the important early pioneers have come from or done much of their work in Texas.  Neurofeedback began to become popular once the ADHD and substance abuse protocols became popular following research by Joel Lubar on ADHD and Eugene Peniston and Paul Kulkosky on substance abuse and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, PTSD.

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Neurofeedback Training and Brain Plasticity

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The brain is truly an amazing organ that science is uncovering new information about every day.

Our brains are involved in virtually every function of our bodies both conscious and unconscious.  To move our arms, stand, dance, speak, or remember we actively use our brains.  Digestion, breathing, pulse rate, blood pressure, and blinking are things that we don’t even have to think about.  Our brains take care of regulating these functions.

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