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Biofeedback Therapy is Becoming Mainstream
Biofeedback has long been considered an alternative health modality, far from mainstream medical acceptance. Times are changing!
The US government’s Bureau of Veteran Affairs is now using biofeedback therapy to treat veterans for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They are finding biofeedback to be increasingly useful as a vital tool to fight this insidious condition that frequently plagues returning combat soldiers from the field.
John Arena, lead psychologist for the Veterans’ Affairs Center in Augusta, Georgia, acknowledges that biofeedback therapy is a very “radical” type of treatment that is nevertheless becoming “more and more mainstream” to the extent that it is now accepted as “part of regular medicine.”
Arena is also President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
Additionally, Dr. Arena has found biofeedback to be very effective in treating chronic pain and high levels of stress by helping patients learn to monitor and take control over their own body’s reactions to environmental stressors.
He has found that patients can also reduce headaches and anxiety due to higher levels of muscle tension.
How Does Biofeedback Treatment Work?
Sensors are connected via small straps to a person’s wrists, forehead or ankles while a biofeedback device measures muscles tension, heart rate, temperature, brain wave activity, blood pressure, and / or, in the case of the SCIO / EPFX, the frequencies of bodily responses and activity.
By measuring the biofeedback information transmitted via these connectors, the practitioner can read their bodies’ reactions and use this information to help people manage body stimulus reactions.
Good News…
The best news is that biofeedback and SCIO / EPFX sessions are noninvasive and gentle, having long lasting effects due to the patient’s newfound ability to have an effect on his own pain and stress levels. This can lessen the need for large doses of pharmaceutical drugs, thereby reducing drug induced side effects.
Professional Certification
Carmen Russoniello, an associate professor and director of a biofeedback center at East Carolina University, recommends that people seek professional biofeedback practitioners who are well trained, certified and “understand the equipment and techniques involved.”
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Thanks to MSN and Health Day for their source material.

The SCIO and the Quantum Biofeedback Overview
The SCIO Quantum Biofeedback System, now entering the third decade of its development journey, and leading the field of Bio-Energetic and Bio-Response measurement, is the accepted standard for the application of Quantum Biofeedback.
The SCIO – Quantum Biofeedback System, the latest and most up-to-date technology, takes a multitude of different stress reduction programs, methods, and techniques, and merges them into a more simple – best overall – well rounded approach.
Quantum Biofeedback, working through sixteen different electrical factors of the body, calculates combinations of impedance, amperage, voltage, capacitance, inductance, and resistance for Electro-Physiological Reactivity (The Xrroid Process).
The body is indeed electric; therefore reactivity in the body can be measured electrically.
E-P Reactivity results are based upon the ability to establish a “Tri-Vector” connection for an energetic “3-Dimensional” view of the client’s current reactions to over 10,000 different items.
All accomplished completely independent of user influence to help avoid bias or error. The picture painted by the reactions may help to create a better understanding of the individual factors pertinent to lifestyle and wellness.
Once established, the Quantum Biofeedback auto-focus program, designed to monitor a client’s reactions, helps optimize the quality and quantity of the stress reduction results.
The techniques and methods of Quantum Biofeedback stress reduction include addressing areas those most typically affected by the stressors of “every-day living”. Some examples of these methods and areas are the “tri-vector”, “auto-meridian”, “auto-frequency”, “auto-color”, “auto-spinal”, “chakra”, and brain wave pattern relaxation.
The SCIO Device is connected to the client via a head strap, and wrist and ankle bands. SCIO devices are being used worldwide by Doctors, Kinesiologists, Dentists, Veterinarians, Naturopaths, Chiropractors, Homoeopaths, Acupuncturists, Nutritionists, Psychologists, Hypnotherapists, Massage Therapists, and many other professional practitioners.
In addition, many people from all walks of life own and use Quantum Biofeedback Systems, depending on their own personal or professional needs.