Biofeedback helps Olympian win gold Article URL: www.examiner.com Date Posted: February 16th, 2010 3:39 PM ET
For the first time on home turf, Alexandre Bilodeau won an Olympic gold medal for Canada. His secret for winning the men's moguls crown included training his mind as well as his body. Canada's moguls and aerials team's psychiatrist, Dr. Penny Werthner, administered bioneurofeedback with the athletes as part of their preparation for the Olympic games... more
Olympic athletes get mental training boost Article URL: www.cbc.ca Date Posted: January 18, 2010 2:59 PM ET
...Then Werthner teaches them breathing exercises and gets them to talk to themselves, using phrases like "reaching for the height" or "fighting for a smooth landing." All the while, they can monitor themselves using biofeedback and neurofeedback to control their stress levels. Neurofeedback uses instruments to monitor brain activity and has been used to help children with attention deficit disorder learn to focus... more
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Goal! Neurofeedback Scores a Victory Article URL: www.wsj.com Date Posted: July 29, 2006
Members of Italy's World Cup-winning soccer team have done it. A starting quarterback in the NFL has tried it out. And so has Jordan Kreuter, an 18-year-old golfer in North Carolina. The thing they have in common: They've all turned to neurofeedback, a technique that promises to help athletes reprogram their brains so they can reach a zone of relaxed concentration during clutch situations.
Long used to treat medical conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy and dementia, it is beginning to emerge as a tool for pro and amateur athletes alike -- with neurofeedback machines even starting to show up at some local public golf courses. Several members of Italy's World Cup-winning team, including Andrea Pirlo, second from lower left, did extensive neurofeedback in the runup to the tournament.... more
Gold for Biofeedback: Abhinav Bindra wins India's first ever individual Olympic Gold Medal
Article URL: www.aapb.org Date Posted: September 6, 2008
I first mentioned the "G-word" to Abhinav after a training session at my house in South Africa in early July. I don't often talk about results to clients, but we had just completed an advanced respiration session (using a technique I had learned from Bruno Demichelis from AC Milan) that...It is useful to note that even elite athletes often have lots of room for improvements in their cognitive and neurological processes. We did neurofeedback training 'in the chair' and while shooting.
The other modality that was powerful was EKG + respiration. The best predictor of a bad shot was heart rate and breathing being out of phase. We trained this in the chair and while shooting also. In the chair, Abhinav would breathe at 2.5 - 3.5 breaths per minute, or would breathe at about 8 breaths per minute, and then breath-hold for 40 seconds, while controlling his heart rate... more
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