Biofeedback for
Pain Relief
Biofeedback in Minnesota
What Is Biofeedback?
Biofeedback is a mind-body practice that can help you adjust your body's responses and improve your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
In a biofeedback session, tiny, painless sensors may rest on your head, neck, ear, or other parts of the body, translating muscle tension, pulse, skin temperature, and breathing into real-time graphs your clinician can read to better understand your stress and pain response.
Your biofeedback practitioner will teach you various relaxation techniques to help you understand and regulate your body's response to pain and stress.
Over time, those who use biofeedback therapy may report fewer migraines, milder fibromyalgia flares, and steadier blood pressure.
Clinics from Minneapolis and Edina to Cold Spring now offer biofeedback, often pairing it with physical therapy, counseling, or post-surgical rehab to offer drug-free pain relief.
How Biofeedback Can
Help Reduce Pain
Think of biofeedback as a training session—empowering you to adjust your body's responses to pain. Most people gain confidence using these self-regulation techniques after six to ten visits—and find they can apply them at home when pain flares.
In Minnesota, biofeedback is offered in clinics, hospitals, and physical therapy centers. Practitioners often hold credentials in fields like psychology, nursing, or physical therapy. Biofeedback sessions typically run 30 to 45 minutes.
Studies suggest biofeedback may help with:
- Fibromyalgia symptoms
- Tension headaches
- Reducing the frequency of migraines
- Physical and psychological symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis
- Lowering blood pressure
- Stress and anxiety
- Low-back pain
- Musculoskeletal pain
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Biofeedback in Minnesota
Find a Biofeedback Practitioner in Minnesota
Biofeedback types include brainwave tracking, heart rate monitoring, muscle tension measurement, breathing patterns, sweat gland activity, and skin temperature. Each type of biofeedback helps you understand and adjust body functions to reduce pain, stress, and improve relaxation. Use the NOPAINMN directory map to find a biofeedback practitioner near you.
