Hypertension Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Protocols

According to the American Heart Association web site statistics, almost half of the adult population in the United States of America can be considered to have high blood pressure.  A hard to believe 45 percent of those who have hypertension do not have it adequately controlled.  That sounds pretty terrible to me.  Even with all of the medications that are prescribed such a low number of people have their blood pressure under control.  Many people are even prescribed 2 or 3 or even more blood pressure medications to attempt to bring the levels to an acceptable level.  This tells me that it is not a simple problem.  Medication alone may not be enough to normalize blood pressure.  Even when medication does normalize blood pressure it may not be the best long-term solution. There are many things that can elevate blood pressure that should be addressed in order to help normalize blood pressure.

Here is a link to a PDF file that lists and discusses things that could increase blood pressure, Blood Pressure Raisers, Learn what could raise your blood pressure:  https://www.heart.org/-/media/files/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/tylenol-hbp/bp-raisers.pdf?la=en

It mentions things like sodium, caffeine, alcohol, antidepressants, decongestants, amphetamines, and corticosteroids.

You could also add smoking, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle to the list.

There are many applications that biofeedback and neurofeedback are used for.  Effectiveness varies for different conditions.  There is a document titled Evidenced Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, which is available from the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, AAPB, aapb.org.  The latest edition is 2016.  There are 2004 and 2008 editions floating around on the internet in PDF format.  You can purchase the latest 2016 edition at aapb.org.  It rates biofeedback efficacy on a scale of 1—5, 1 being the least effective and 5 being the most effective.  Biofeedback for hypertension has a rating of 4 which is a very good rating, up there with tension and migraine headaches and ADHD read more...

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