Customized Protocols
Our customized protocols are all about your brain! This experience includes a QEEG brain map with a full review and analysis of your brain's neurologic functioning. Based on the findings, a personalized treatment plan will be created to help you achieve your goals. This journey to helping you achieve your brain's full potential allows you access to all of the resources our Aspen Neuro team can provide. From personalized neurofeedback brain training protocols, HRV biofeedback, talk therapy, coaching and counseling, we are here to help you become your best self.
What to ExpEct:
Your journey begins with a hour long consultation with our team to best understand your goals. During this initial session, we also perform the EEG data collection. Your EEG brain data will then be processed and analyzed for another appointment as soon as the next day. A full review of our findings with a written report will be given to you with recommendations tailored to you.
*Neurofeedback training usually takes 20-60 sessions on average. Some individuals attain results with fewer than 20 sessions, while others may require in excess of 60 sessions to see results. Length of treatment plans varies among patients.*
*A QEEG cannot be used as a diagnostic tool; however, it can help support established or suspected diagnoses. therefore, it has a differential diagnosis value*
To talk more about the process please schedule a complementary 15 minute long consultation with our team to help answer any additional questions you may have.
Pricing starts at $5,000 (Incudes QEEG Brian Map, Review of data with report, and the first 10 Neurofeedback sessions).
*Neurofeedback training usually takes 20-60 sessions on average. Some individuals attain results with fewer than 20 sessions, while others may require in excess of 60 sessions to see results. Length of treatment plans varies among patients.*
*A QEEG cannot be used as a diagnostic tool; however, it can help support established or suspected diagnoses. therefore, it has a differential diagnosis value*
To talk more about the process please schedule a complementary 15 minute long consultation with our team to help answer any additional questions you may have.
Pricing starts at $5,000 (Incudes QEEG Brian Map, Review of data with report, and the first 10 Neurofeedback sessions).
Who can benefit?
Seizures - Neurofeedback training has been used to treat human epilepsy since the early 1970s. Neurofeedback is known to effectively and reliably reduce epileptic seizures through the reward of a specific EEG frequency range, eventually normalizing the neurochemical imbalances responsible for the low excitation threshold of the motor cortex.
It is important to note that neurofeedback for seizures, while proven highly effective, is an involved process. Patients can expect seeing our Neuroclinicians for a minimum of 40 sessions.
It is important to note that neurofeedback for seizures, while proven highly effective, is an involved process. Patients can expect seeing our Neuroclinicians for a minimum of 40 sessions.
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Recent advances in quantitative electroencephalogram (Q-EEG) and in neurofeedback protocol design today allow clinicians to dramatically reduce seizures or at least reduce the amount of medication required to control them. In particular, it is now possible to precisely determine anomalies in within-region activity (typically slow frequencies in the 3- to 8-Hz range and between-region connectivity (coherence) in drug-resistant epilepsy reducing or even abolishing seizures in patients appropriately trained, many of whom even become medication-free.
For example, rewarding 12 to 16 Hz activity (SMR) at 20 to 25 mV over central and frontal areas has been found to reduce seizure frequency in clinically refractory patients undergoing sessions three times a week. Another study found that training with a similar protocol was associated with seizure frequency reduction and normalization of the EEG in a patient with severe epilepsy.
In an important study, Lubar et al found that training to inhibit 3- to 8-Hz activity and increase SMR was associated with a reduction in seizure frequency. Subjects were subsequently trained to increase 3- to 8-Hz activity and decrease SMR. This training was associated with an increase in seizure activity, which confirmed the specificity of the training effect with regard to seizure reduction or suppression. Importantly, they found that seizure frequency was reduced again after the 3- to 8-Hz frequency inhibit/SMR reward protocol was administered.
Finally, Ayers et al. in a study with ten patients, found that the inhibition of 4- to 7-Hz activity and the reward of 15- to 18-Hz activity was associated with the suppression of seizures for 10 years.
Altogether, a review of 18 studies where biofeedback was used to treat epileptic seizures shows that out of 174 patients treated, 82% exhibited seizure reduction by 30%.
How Does Neurofeedback Lower Seizure threshold in Epileptic Patients?
It has been proposed that neurofeedback exerts its effects on the seizure threshold through optimization of functional connectivity throughout the brain. During neurofeedback training, the brain learns not to have seizures, slowly fine-tuning electrical activity only in the epileptic foci.
The neural mechanisms underlying the efficacy of neurofeedback in epilepsy are well understood as SMR appears to emanate from the thalamus, a small structure within the brain that relays sensory impulses from various parts of the body to the cerebral cortex.
Through a complex modulation of neurotransmitter activity, neurofeedback training has been shown to reduce the amount of sensory information that reaches the thalamus which in turn results in reduced or altered inputs to the areas of the cerebral cortex that control muscle tone.
For example, rewarding 12 to 16 Hz activity (SMR) at 20 to 25 mV over central and frontal areas has been found to reduce seizure frequency in clinically refractory patients undergoing sessions three times a week. Another study found that training with a similar protocol was associated with seizure frequency reduction and normalization of the EEG in a patient with severe epilepsy.
In an important study, Lubar et al found that training to inhibit 3- to 8-Hz activity and increase SMR was associated with a reduction in seizure frequency. Subjects were subsequently trained to increase 3- to 8-Hz activity and decrease SMR. This training was associated with an increase in seizure activity, which confirmed the specificity of the training effect with regard to seizure reduction or suppression. Importantly, they found that seizure frequency was reduced again after the 3- to 8-Hz frequency inhibit/SMR reward protocol was administered.
Finally, Ayers et al. in a study with ten patients, found that the inhibition of 4- to 7-Hz activity and the reward of 15- to 18-Hz activity was associated with the suppression of seizures for 10 years.
Altogether, a review of 18 studies where biofeedback was used to treat epileptic seizures shows that out of 174 patients treated, 82% exhibited seizure reduction by 30%.
How Does Neurofeedback Lower Seizure threshold in Epileptic Patients?
It has been proposed that neurofeedback exerts its effects on the seizure threshold through optimization of functional connectivity throughout the brain. During neurofeedback training, the brain learns not to have seizures, slowly fine-tuning electrical activity only in the epileptic foci.
The neural mechanisms underlying the efficacy of neurofeedback in epilepsy are well understood as SMR appears to emanate from the thalamus, a small structure within the brain that relays sensory impulses from various parts of the body to the cerebral cortex.
Through a complex modulation of neurotransmitter activity, neurofeedback training has been shown to reduce the amount of sensory information that reaches the thalamus which in turn results in reduced or altered inputs to the areas of the cerebral cortex that control muscle tone.
Diagnosed Concussions - We provide comprehensive care for patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Concussions. Our program is designed to monitor patients over a period of time to understand the progression of their TBI. Incorporating neurofeedback to accelerate healing and using QEEG brain maps to ensure that athletes are ready to return to their sports without risk of further TBI or neurological injury.
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For those who are active in sports, a QEEG brain map can objectively determine if the brain is healed and ready to return to sports or not.
TBI can range in severity from mild to severe, based on the length of changes in consciousness, brain bleeding, and other neurological symptoms. The most common form of TBI is mild, also known as a concussion, which typically results in symptoms such as headache, vision changes, and dizziness lasting for 10-14 days.
In about 40% of people, initial symptoms persist and may evolve to include mood and cognitive difficulties. This is referred to as Post Concussive Syndrome (PCS) and requires more focused interventions for prolonged symptom management. If left untreated, PCS can have a significant impact on day-to-day functionality and may result in disability.
Additionally, TBI is a risk factor for developing progressive neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and CTE, which can lead to the loss of brain cells over time. Our TBI Monitoring Program was created to closely follow patients at risk of these disorders and detect early signs of their development.
At Aspen Neuro, patients are monitored and assessed to closely monitor the brain's healing.
TBI can range in severity from mild to severe, based on the length of changes in consciousness, brain bleeding, and other neurological symptoms. The most common form of TBI is mild, also known as a concussion, which typically results in symptoms such as headache, vision changes, and dizziness lasting for 10-14 days.
In about 40% of people, initial symptoms persist and may evolve to include mood and cognitive difficulties. This is referred to as Post Concussive Syndrome (PCS) and requires more focused interventions for prolonged symptom management. If left untreated, PCS can have a significant impact on day-to-day functionality and may result in disability.
Additionally, TBI is a risk factor for developing progressive neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and CTE, which can lead to the loss of brain cells over time. Our TBI Monitoring Program was created to closely follow patients at risk of these disorders and detect early signs of their development.
At Aspen Neuro, patients are monitored and assessed to closely monitor the brain's healing.
Sleep Disturbances - TBI can also disrupt sleep patterns, making it difficult to get restful sleep. Neurofeedback training may help to improve sleep by regulating the underlying brainwave activity that controls sleep cycles.
Chronic Headaches - Headaches are a common symptom of TBI. Neurofeedback training may help to reduce the frequency and severity of headaches by regulating brainwave activity and reducing tension in the brain and neck muscles.
Sensory Processing - TBI can also result in changes in sensory processing, making it difficult to process visual, auditory, or other sensory information. Neurofeedback training may help to improve sensory processing by regulating the underlying brainwave activity that controls sensory functions.
It’s important to note that the effectiveness of neurofeedback training for TBI varies greatly depending on specific symptoms and needs. Neurofeedback training should always be part of a comprehensive treatment plan that includes other help for TBI-related complications.
It’s important to note that the effectiveness of neurofeedback training for TBI varies greatly depending on specific symptoms and needs. Neurofeedback training should always be part of a comprehensive treatment plan that includes other help for TBI-related complications.
Emotional Dysregulation - Many people experience mood swings, anxiety, and depression. Neurofeedback training may help to regulate emotional states by promoting more stable brainwave activity.