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Who has Head Trauma?

March is Brain Injury Awareness month, according to the National Brain Injury Association of America. You know people who aren't aware of their own head trauma symptoms. 

The FDA has approved Low Energy Neurofeedback (LENS) to safely treat mild to severe head trauma without drugs .  

Recent research shows that head trauma is cumulative—all those small ordinary bumps and jolts add up to real loss of memory and mental clarity. According to Echo Rock Neurotherapy clinical co-director Grant Rudolph, LMFT, most people don’t realize their symptoms such as ADHD, irritability, anxiety, addictions, foggy thinking, migraines, and “normal” mental decline may all have their origin in accumulated small concussions. “If you have ever played contact sports or been in a fender bender, LENS will boost your mental clarity,” says Rudolph. 

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Most people don’t recognize how much their thinking has slowed until they regain optimal functioning after treatment.” 

Why can’t we tell we are not functioning at our peak level?  One explanation is that self-doubt has a negative survival value; our brains have evolved to keep us going and not notice any loss of functioning. Another explanation is that before there was any treatment hope, denial was a more comfortable strategy.

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Low Energy Neurofeedback is much faster and easier than older forms of neurofeedback. How does it work? In LENS, an EEG and computer read brainwaves and faintly echo them back for just a few seconds through the same three wires to the head. People report a letting go of repeating survival thoughts from the past.  They notice a quiet, spacious mind filled with contentment. Within minutes after LENS, people report more body awareness, energy, contentment and focus. Some describe it as the feeling they get after a meditation retreat.

More later or at EchoRockNeurotherapy.com

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