Biofeedback Supplies and Technology | Biofeedback training online

 What supplies do you need to have to use biofeedback technology?  Some biofeedback modalities require little or no supplies while others require consumable supplies that you need a ready inventory of.

A Plethysmograph (PPG) sensor which is used to measure Heart Rate, Blood Volume, and Heart Rate variability may use a clip or Velcro band that is permanently attached to the sensor.  In this case, there would be no replaceable supplies needed.

The Electrocardiograph (EKG) sensor measures Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability.  The EKG sensor uses adhesive disposable sensors that stick to the skin and snap or clip to the electrode cable.  These usually come in packages of 50 – 300.  Alcohol prep pads are used to clean the skin before applying the sensors.

Temperature biofeedback sensors either use a Velcro band to attach to the finger or you can use paper or cloth tape.  If you use Velcro then you don’t have to replace it very often.  If you are using tape, then you need to keep a supply.

For Skin Conductance/EDR/GSR, you should be using sensor cream or gel that comes in a tube or bottle.

You only use a small amount each time so a tube or bottle lasts a long time.

Electromyograph (EMG) uses 2 or 3 adhesive disposable electrodes similar to the EKG sensor.  These are placed on the skin over the muscle area that you want to record from.  You also need alcohol prep pads to clean the skin before applying the sensors.

The Respiration sensor uses a belt that goes around the abdomen or chest.  It attaches with either Velcro or a clip.  There aren’t any supplies needed.

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Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training for APA Continuing Education Credit

Many psychologists in the United States of America are required to take training to keep up with new developments in the field and to remind them of things that they may have learned a long time ago.

There are many options for training including face to face programs, online programs, and material that psychologists can read. There are also many different topics that can be studied. As long as you have to take training you might as well make it something interesting, enjoyable, and useful. Biofeedback and neurofeedback are subjects that check all of those boxes. Psychologists tend to do a lot of talking and paperwork as a part of their routine. Some of this can become monotonous.

Biofeedback and Neurofeedback introduce technology that helps the clients of psychologists to learn about themselves. It helps them to learn how to make real physiological measurable changes. They can learn to change how their body reacts to stress using biofeedback. They can train their brain to become more regulated through neurofeedback.

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Stress and Use of Technology

 

Most people I talk to agree that we are living in very stressful times.  Stress management tools and techniques are more needed than ever.  Books about stress are popular.  I came across an interesting one recently called Tech Stress, How Technology is Hijacking our lives, strategies for coping, and pragmatic ergonomics by Erik Peper, Ph.D., Richard Harvey, Ph.D., and Nancy Faass, MSW, MPH.

The description on the back of the book starts by saying –“Re-envisioning your relationship with technology to reclaim health, happiness, and sanity in a plugged-in world.”

We cannot get away from technology and probably shouldn’t want to.  Technology makes it easier to do most things faster and more efficiently.  We rely on new technology and almost forget about how we used to do things before it was available.

After reading about the Tech Stress book in Biofeedback Magazine, I quickly ordered a copy.  I have known the main author Erik Peper for over 30 years so I contacted him to congratulate him on the book and ask if he would be willing to do an interview with him about book.  He gladly accepted.  I had hoped to talk with him for ten or fifteen minutes instead we ended up talking for over fifty minutes about the topic of stress and technology and the book.

Probably the biggest source of stress caused by technology has to be cell phones.  We spend lots of time with our necks bent and our heads looking down at our cell phones.  This causes physical stress on our neck muscles because of the extra contraction required to hold the weight of our head in that position.  It causes stress on our eyes because we are spending lots of time looking at the small screen that is very close to our eyes.  Erik Peper says that it is healthier to vary the distance that our eyes focus on from close to far away throughout the day.

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