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Neurofeedback is a must-have intervention for anyone who is recovering from a brain-injury or concussion. Many of our clients use coverage from ICBC for their sessions.

Neurofeedback provides the brain with real-time feedback via pain-free, noninvasive EEG and audio technology. By stabilizing the nervous system via the support of neurofeedback, post-TBI/Concussive clients at NeurAlive have reported relief from physical symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, dizziness, sensitivity to noise and blurred vision. They have also reported improvements in balance, speech, and dexterity and a reduction in emotional symptoms such as anxiety, anger, impulsive reactivity and obsessiveness. Others have reported increased focus and attention span, better sleep, improved concentration and decision making, and more ability to retain information.

Although NeurOptimal® does not directly treat specific issues, it is a tool that helps alleviate symptoms associated with these and other conditions by improving the overall functioning of the central nervous system.

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Testimonials

NeurOptimal® Trainers Around the World

For 4 years I have been working with a 30-year-old client who had a bad ski accident 9 years ago and sustained a brain injury: he was in coma for almost 3 weeks andin hospital for 8 months. When his mother took him home, he could not sit and eat alone. Communication was not possible and he needed help to walk because he was paralyzed on the right side. In addition to other therapies, he started doing 1-2 sessions a week of neurofeedback. Since then a lot has changed in his life: he started to understand and repeat several words. With time, he could differentiate the extremes – when I said cold, he said hot, etc. As his brain improved, his motor capacity improved too. He started to walk much better. His resilience and concentration increased. Today he almost understands everything and he has started to make spontaneous sentences. It was wonderful to see how his brain started to organize itself and how neurofeedback can support and help in that process.

A 26-year-old girl had a brain injury from a car accident. She was “driving her parents crazy” with her dependent and irresponsible behaviour. They were skeptical that the neurofeedback would help, but agreed to try it, and were amazed that after about 20 sessions significant changes started to occur. They began to have hope that their daughter could work back to a more normal level of existence and independent living.

NeurOptimal® training eliminated most seizures and pseudo-seizures in a woman with a history of brain damage and severe sexual abuse that neurologists had given up on.

A 6-year-old with symptoms of concussion was already in training. NeurOptimal® within three hours eliminated these symptoms by end of one session, training response back to usual by end of second session.

Physical, Psychological, and Cognitive Trauma with Recovery Through NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback

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Personal case study with pre and post NeurOptimal® psychometric testing and SPECT Scan results.
Denise M. Cull, M.Psych, Forensic

The Use of NeurOptimal® With a Young Adult With an Acute TBI - A Case Study

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This is a case study using clinical, NeurOptimal® baseline and anecdotal data. Dr. Lartin’s 22 year old son Brian survived a life-threatening TBI in April of 2012 and had more than 70 sessions of NeurOptimal® in a year. The contribution of NeurOptimal® to his recovery is discussed. Brian made an essentially complete recovery.
Dr. Joan-Marie Lartin, Ph.D., RN and Alan Bachers, Ph.D

Neurofeedback Therapy of Attention Deficits of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

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Researchers suggest that neurofeedback training improves the attentional problems experienced by TBI survivors especially when used in the early phase of rehabilitation. Published in the Journal of Neurotherapy, 2016.
Ingo Keller