Biofeedback has for many years been used in some countries and has now become recognized in most countries as a way of treatment.
Biofeedback therapists are formally trained and in the United States one of the places available is the Biofeedback Institute of America.
The word biofeedback when taken apart has a clear and precise meaning, Bio translates to meaning life, feedback of course is to tell something, information and in this case the word biofeedback means to feed the brain information about the bodies responses, personal biofeedback can be as simple as taking ones temperature, taking ones own pulse or heart rate, it is a form of giving oneself information about the bodies functions.
