Re: Fw: More Questions - Resend Monday

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,Actually, after you receive the equipment is the time when we SHOULD communicate.I guess doctors are fixated on pills--whether medications or multivitamins or supplements--something you can " give " the patient to " take " over and over.  I use a more exact parallel.

Anyone can improve physical performance by doing aerobic exercise to improve heart and lung function.You don't need a diagnosis to do it.  You don't need a physician's order to do it.  You really don't even need a coach,

You know there is a target range for your heart rate that is safe and effective, and you have ways of tracking that.If you are smart you start slow and build slowly to avoid injuries and allow your body to increase its stamina.

You don't have to think.  You don't have to try.  All you have to do is exercise--as simple as walking.Two people may walk together every day; one tracks his pulse rate, number of calories burned, distance walked, average speed, etc. and keeps it in a computer file; the other just walks; they both get the same results.

It you want to improve your brain performance in general, strengthening the metabolic capacity of the PFC is a key.You don't need a diagnosis to do it.  You don't need a physician's order to do it.  You really don't even need a coach,

You simply track infrared temperature (or a measure involving it) to keep it rising or stable until you can't any more..

If you are smart you start slow and build slowly to avoid injuries and allow your PFC to increase its stamina.You don't have to think.  You don't have to try.  All you have to do is exercise--as simple as paying attention.

Two people may train together every day; one tracks his starting and ending temperature, minutes trained, etc. and keeps it in a computer file; the other just trains; they both get the same results.Does aerobic exercise fix all ills?  Of course not.  It won't cure cancer, though it can give your body its best chance to deal effectively with most diseases.  And a person with a brain activation pattern that is seriously " out of whack " (if you'll permit me a technical term here) may not be " fixed " by HEG.  However, a depressed person may get great relief by activiting an underactive left prefrontal area.  An anxious person may feel much calmer as he gets the right prefrontal area activated.

As I think I've told you, I do with HEG with almost every client I see, and I include it in most training plans.  With most clients I also do EEG, because I can.  Many people who contact me really aren't willing or able to get EEG (too far from a practitioner--or one they can afford, too many people in the family needing to change brain habits, inability to deal with the technology or level of organization required to do it at home, etc.)  For many of those people, HEG is an excellent option, and it's one they can do quickly and easily and with pretty much anyone.

Pete-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.comUSA 305 433 3160BR 47 3346 6235

The Learning Curve, Inc.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:35 PM,  wrote:

 

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Actually I purchased the HEG today.

 

What I do not know is how to position this service. I don't know how to identify who it is appropriate for specifically...is the need for the service based on symptoms, diagnosis, or what? As a doctor, I believe I should have a specific reason for using a service. What do you base the need on? Or, do you just do it because it helps people and you " sell " it as a, what...therapy? If this sounds, in any way, insulting or challenging, that is NOT my intention...merely trying to understand...maybe just trying to get out of the " medical " model of thinking.

 

Are there forms available to track symptoms, progress, etc.? Are they used, are they needed?

 

Please indulge one more question? From what I think I understand, using a nutrition analogy, it seems to me HEG is a type of " multi-vitamin " ...something that will raise the entire level of nutritional status (by increasing blood flow to the PFC), perhaps in the process alleviating some issues (i.e. symptoms); however, some issues may not be alleviated due to the severity of the deficiency/imbalance present in certain individuals, thereby requiring, perhaps, more specific nutrition (eeg;10/10 treatment protocols) to correct that problem. Normally, in the past I recommended correcting the specific imbalance prior to raising the overall level of nutrition, so this is a different way of thinking for me. Is my analogy appropriate, or have I missed the point.

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Hey Pete,Great explanation!. One footnote I would add is that the one who recorded, tracked, and thought about their progress is likely to be more informed, understand better, feel more in control and be more motivated to continue to make progress, thus influencing their gains. Thus the role of metacognition in NFB (and any activity aimed at improving cognitive/emotional function). Always appreciate your comments. Dale S. , Ph.D., QEEGT, BCIAC-EEG Senior Fellow, CBISMemphis Integral Neurofeedback Institute (MINI)758 Walnut Knoll LaneSuite 101Cordova, TN 38018Phone: (901) 624-0100Fax: (901) 624-0778 www.MemphisNeurofeedback.com PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIALThis electronic mail transmission may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. This message and/or any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). This communication is to be treated as confidential and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it was sent. If you have reason to believe that you are not the intended recipient of this communication or have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately, delete it, along with any attachments, and all copies of it from your system, and destroy any hard copies of it. Please do not forward without consent. You are hereby notified that disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action on the contents, attachments, or information herein is strictly prohibited. Any advice given in this email transmission is not meant to represent either legal, medical or psychological services.

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Hey Pete,Great explanation!. One footnote I would add is that the one who recorded, tracked, and thought about their progress is likely to be more informed, understand better, feel more in control and be more motivated to continue to make progress, thus influencing their gains. Thus the role of metacognition in NFB (and any activity aimed at improving cognitive/emotional function). Always appreciate your comments. Dale S. , Ph.D., QEEGT, BCIAC-EEG Senior Fellow, CBISMemphis Integral Neurofeedback Institute (MINI)758 Walnut Knoll LaneSuite 101Cordova, TN 38018Phone: (901) 624-0100Fax: (901) 624-0778 www.MemphisNeurofeedback.com PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIALThis electronic mail transmission may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. This message and/or any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). This communication is to be treated as confidential and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it was sent. If you have reason to believe that you are not the intended recipient of this communication or have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately, delete it, along with any attachments, and all copies of it from your system, and destroy any hard copies of it. Please do not forward without consent. You are hereby notified that disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action on the contents, attachments, or information herein is strictly prohibited. Any advice given in this email transmission is not meant to represent either legal, medical or psychological services.

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Pete, Liz, et. al.Sometimes I see NFB as “insight oriented” therapy, albeit nonverbally oriented insight which may or may not be put into a “verbal” story. Nonetheless, it is still part of the story-like the context of the tale changing from a dark and stormy night to a bright and sunny day. I always enjoy it when while watching slow wave activity creep up on someone’s trend graph I subtly add the trend graph to their screen and ask them to do an “AARF check” (when they ask themselves whether they are more or less awake, alert, relaxed and focused) and we together watch the slow wave activity drop precipitously. We may or may not discuss the implications of what just happened (I might just say “hmmm, very interesting”) but there is usually an “AHA!” on the part of the client. Of course the whole process of NFB, when it is useful, involves ongoing insight that is primarily nonverbal. Whether it becomes verbal or numerical or quantitative is perhaps a matter of preference, personality, timing, development, culture, species, inspiration of the Holy Spirit, etc…. Dale