ANNOUNCER: Many conditions are treated with biofeedback, often along with conventional medicine.
ANDREW ELMORE, PHD: Headaches, attention deficit disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, panic disorder, sleep disorders, stress and tension. Any time there's a medical condition that a patient's physician thinks is exacerbated by stress, you know, physiological stress, high blood pressure - it's really a partnership with traditional medicine.
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Biofeedback devices can already be found in most households; a thermometer and bathroom scale are two kinds of devices that “feed-back” information about your biological condition - your temperature and your weight. It takes serious commitment to be successful with biofeedback and experts say it can take months to master the techniques. The goal is for the patient eventually to control relaxation responses without the machine.
ANDREW ELMORE, PHD: Once you've learned it, it becomes part of the way you think about what you're doing with yourself
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