Five Alternative and Natural Remedies for ADD

Beyond Prescriptions and Therapy

Alternative and natural remedies for ADD have never been more important. Pharmaceuticals have gotten more and more complicated over the years, and now we hardly even know what is going into our bodies or those of our children. Taking a doctor’s word for it is usually fine, but in this case, even they probably don’t know the intricacies of each pill and what the long-term effects could be. Here are five alternative and natural remedies for ADD that, when administered properly, should subdue symptoms in just the same manner but without the inherent risks:

·         Massage: This may sound hokey or altogether unrealistic, but massage is one of the most effective natural remedies for ADD. The long and short of it is this: children and adults with ADD or ADHD tend to be extremely over-stimulated, and this is reflected throughout their bodies, especially in their nervous system and muscles. Massage has an obvious soothing effect on these systems, as well as helping divert pent up energy elsewhere within the body. This has been shown to directly correlate to more productive behavior. Nighttime massage immediately prior to bed has proven particularly effective, especially in children.

·         Vitamins/Supplements: Fish oil, zinc, melatonin, magnesium, B and C vitamins, and probiotics have all shown measured success as natural remedies for ADD. When it comes to finding the right vitamins for you and suppressing ADD symptoms, find what works best for you by trying a few. Do not despair, however, as all of these can be healthy parts of your diet even outside of treating the disorder.

·         Yoga/Meditation/Relaxation Exercises: Finding your center, learning how to calm yourself, and taking active control of your body are incredibly useful tools in combating inattentiveness and other symptoms of ADD – each of these exercises focuses on instilling these concepts.

·         Diet and Exercise Modifications: This is not so much among the natural remedies for ADD, but is more of an alternative approach. Keeping diet simple, free of complex additives, caffeine, and unnecessary sugar is of absolute utmost importance. We do not truly know how some of these ingredients affect mood, behavior, and long-term health, so the best approach is to steer clear. In terms of exercise, as noted above, people with ADD often have very over-charged systems. Expend that energy, and do it in a healthy way through daily exercise.

·         Neurofeedback: This is a really exciting alternative approach to ADD treatment. The greatest part about neurofeedback is that it is designed to set up patients for long-term symptom suppression – a life without the frustration of ADD. Doctors first will identify what brainwave patterns have gone awry, causing the loss of focus and concentration characterized by ADD. After this, they will develop a treatment plan unique for each patient. All done noninvasively and without poking or prodding, neurofeedback is the ultimately serves to your brain to self-regulate through guided brain exercises.

To find out more about alternative and natural remedies for ADD such as BrainCore’s awe-inspiring neurofeedback therapy; read on and click here today.

Retraining Your Brain with Biofeedback

What Exactly Is Neurofeedback?

Neurofeedback is a specific type of biofeedback that deals exclusively with the brain. Brain functions are observed and brain waves are measured in order to provide feedback that can be used to retrain dysfunctional brainwave patterns. Not sure what type of damage these patterns are doing? Believe it or not, they are the root of problems causing neurological issues both large and small.

Also known as EEG Biofeedback, neurofeedback is designed to give patients long-term coping mechanisms for managing neurological disorders. This is accomplished by teaching the brain to self-regulate, as opposed to having it be regulated by medications which can have harmful side effects or even create dependency.

What Can Be Treated?

In the past, neurofeedback has been proven effective in fighting a great number of neurological conditions both common and rare. Here are just some of the problems an disorders in which the worth of the treatment has already been proven by anecdotal research:

·         Addiction

·         Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

·         Autism

·         Chronic Pain

·         Depression

·         Epilepsy

·         Headaches

·         Insomnia

·         Panic Attacks

How it Works

Neurofeedback is a guided exercise for the brain that aims to get brainwave patterns that have gone awry and subsequently become problematic back to normal. Doctors are able to recognize brainwave patterns in need of retraining during a pre-treatment assessment that all patients must undergo and then formulate a course of action. The treatment itself generally consists of patients being presented various stimuli while simultaneous hooked up to a monitor. Brainwave patterns are measured, and if they are regular the stimuli will continue being presented. If the brainwaves begin to deviate from normal, the stimuli will become less available to the patient, prompting the brain to return to a normal pattern subconsciously and thus training the brain to self-regulate. Ultimately, in doing so, the entire brain becomes much healthier and operates much more efficiently – ridding patients of some of the more troubling symptoms of neurological disorders.

Neurofeedback therapy is entirely noninvasive and has been declared safe by the Food and Drug Administration. In fact, not once in the 40-year history of the procedure has one serious side effect been recognized. Everything is pain-free and monitored by trained doctors. Best of all, where a drug wears off or therapy is no longer available, the positive effects of neurofeedback are still felt for a lifetime because your brain has learned to right the ship independently.

To further understand how BrainCore’s extraordinary neurofeedback therapy could change your life, click here today.

Can BrainCore Therapy Treat Post Stroke Syndrome?

What is Post Stroke Syndrome?

Central Post Stroke Pain Syndrome, also called CPSP or simply Post Stroke Syndrome, is an excruciating and debilitating condition, one BrainCore Therapy is determined to defeat. Post Stroke Syndrome is extremely difficult to treat because it can take many forms and we are still in the process of learning about it. Generally, there are four kinds of pain common to post-stroke recovery:

·         Peripheral neuropathic pain: nerve sensitivity that causes muscle pain, numbness, tingling, burning sensations, and weakness throughout the nervous system

·         Spasticity: tightness or stiffness in muscles causing discomfort and limiting movement

·         Musculoskeletal pain: pain centralized in the bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons

·         Headaches

BrainCore Therapy recognizes that surviving a stroke is unfortunately only the first hurdle patients must overcome in getting their life back to some semblance of normalcy. In addition to these typical post-stroke symptoms we just discussed, Post Stroke Syndrome is characterized by thalamic pain syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes the brain and spinal cord to register various stimuli incorrectly and cause chronic and agonizing pain throughout the body. It is precisely this condition that BrainCore Therapy wishes to treat with neurofeedback. 

How Neurofeedback Works

The concept behind BrainCore Therapy’s groundbreaking treatment is simple: your body knows how to function properly, and if it has lost its way, we must simply retrain it. That sounds well and good in theory, but never before have we been able to accomplish this through such technologically sophisticated means. Neurofeedback therapy allows doctors to monitor cues and feedback from the body real-time while patients are taken through a series of guided brain exercises aimed at correcting brainwave patterns that are causing problems such as Post Stroke Syndrome.

The best part is this: neurofeedback by BrainCore Therapy is all completely painless, noninvasive, and doesn’t involve any sort of medication. All that is used are small EEG sensors that hook you up to monitoring devices, all supervised by a doctor. BrainCore Therapy understands that you have been through enough surviving and recovering from a stroke, and the ultimate goal of neurofeedback is to give you lasting tools to make each and every day more comfortable and enjoyable for you as you put your best foot forward.

To learn more about BrainCore Therapy and their incredible neurofeedback treatment technique for Post Stroke Syndrome, click here today.