Neurofeedback is the process of restoring brain health by retraining the brain’s electrical activity to match healthy brain wave patterns.
Neurofeedback has an impressive history of being used successfully with a variety of problems such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, early dementia, A.D.D., M.S., epilespy and other seizure disorders.
Neurofeedback can provide lasting relief from many cognitive, emotional, personality and mood dysfunctions. Neurofeedback is safe and results can be measured.
HOW DOES NEUROFEEDBACK WORK?
The healthy brain has a frequency range in excess of 200+ cycles per second (Hz). When the brain experiences a change due to injury, illness or an inherited condition, it moves into a self-protective mode by reducing the frequency range over which it functions. Functioning at this maladaptive reduced level of activity becomes habitual and the brain requires special attention to interrupt this habit and restore a more normal range of function.
Neurofeedback is the only process known that provides the brain with the information and guidance it needs to restore better function. It is important to understand that Neurofeedback is training. It is not treatment and should be considered an educational experience, not a therapy.
DR. MONTGOMERY USES A 3-STEP NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING PROCESS.
Over the course of more than 50 years of neurofeedback experience, Dr. Montgomery became aware of the tendency of the challenged brain to habitually perform in a narrow range of slow frequencies. This habit is called “homeorhesis” and is the opposite of homeostasis.
The initial challenge when using neurofeedback to improve brain function is to interrupt homeorhesis and allow the brain to re-boot. This phase of the normalization process usually requires many neurofeedback sessions and extends the time required to reach goals. The new three step process significantly shortens the time required.
Dr. Montgomery’s individualized neurofeedback protocols are based on a comprehensive brain wave evaluation which includes our unique three-step training process. Each step utilizes technology designed for its specific purpose.
STEP ONE: Interrupting homeorhesis
The LENS (Low Energy Neurofeedback System) equipment is specially designed to free the brain from its “stuck” mode of functioning. It uses a very low stimulus to “nudge” the brain. The stimulation is so low that the client does not feel it. Once accomplished, the balanced brain is ready to learn to return to optimal functioning using a wider and much improved range of activity.
STEP TWO: Normalizing brainwaves
The Neuropathway EEG machine or the Nexus Neurofeedback Program is used to normalize brainwaves by recording and displaying the actual brainwaves on a screen for observation by the brain producing them. This allows the brain to “see itself” in real time and note instant changes in the shape and size of brainwaves. The brain is easily able to use this feedback to correct its function. This is conscious physiological training where information comes into the brain through the eyes and an audio signal sounds when the brainwaves move toward the goal.
STEP THREE: Stabilizing normalized brainwaves
Our third machine is called NeurOptimal and its function is to stabilize the normalized brainwave activity. Training on this equipment occurs without conscious effort. As a result, the client may simply relax while listening to music in which the brain is receiving embedded information about the stability of its activity.
All of these machines provide a very pleasant experience and do not require skill on the part of the client. The combination of these machines cause the client’s learning process to be accelerated and their goals reached much faster than indicated in the Neurofeedback literature.
