Have you ever wished you could simply will your symptoms to disappear? With biofeedback you may be able to do just that by harnessing the power of your mind to help improve your health. Biofeedback is a type of complementary and alternative medicine called mind-body therapy. It's designed to enable you — in mind-over-matter fashion — to use your thoughts and will to control your body. Biofeedback is based on the idea, confirmed by scientific studies, that people have the innate potential to influence with their minds many of the automatic, involuntary functions of their bodies. To help you develop this ability, a biofeedback specialist uses signals from special monitoring equipment to teach you to control certain body functions and their responses, such as:

You can use biofeedback to help treat many physical and mental health problems when you've learned to recognize and control these functions and responses.

Biofeedback can be particularly useful in treating stress-related conditions. It has also proven effective for many medical conditions, including:
Burrell’s experienced biofeedback department offers assessment and treatment, and we accept many health plans.


For more information, please contact our scheduling department at 417.761.5000 and ask to schedule a biofeedback assessment.

Biofeedback is available at the following Burrell location:

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