S2W - Biofeedback

Biofeedback

Harmony and balance...

Treatment helps ADHD Patient

By Allison Grant - Jackson Magazine, October 2007, Volume 16,

No. 10

One condition that Greg Gallagher and Michael Freytag have both seen

positively affected by biofeedback is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity

Disorder (ADHD). According to a 2004 study by the Centers for Disease

Control, 4.5 million children ages 3-17, 7.4 percent, had ADHD.

Chace, a 14-year-old boy with ADHD, walked into an office complete with

calming wind chimes by the window, peaceful music overhead and a

hospital bed with black straps lying by the pillows- feeling anything but

calm and focused when he prepared for his first biofeedback session.

“I don’t know if skeptical is the right word, but I didn’t really know about

it,” said Diana Fors, Chace’s mom. “Chace has been on every ADHD

medicine there is, it’s something we’ve been going through for 10 years,

so we gave biofeedback a try and I was pleasantly surprised.”

By his fourth 90-minute session, Chace walked into the same office, went

straight to the bed and fastened the straps around his ankles, wrists, and

head himself as he patiently waited for Freytag to set up the computer.

“Chace is no longer on Ritalin, and that is the reason I did biofeedback. I

don’t think kids should be on medicine unless it’s a last resort,” Fors said.

“I would recommend biofeedback to anyone. I think doctors should

prescribe it first, because I don’t think that having a child on pills at five

years old is good, because they learn to think they need a pill to be

normal.”

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