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‘1 don’t believe in miracle
cures, however, if I were to
believe in one, learning to
relax and do biofeedback, as
far as headaches go, is.a
miracle cure.”’

Biofeedback, @ somewhat
elusive treatment, calls upon
the brain to control the pain.
For exainple, with a migraine,
one symptom is a cooling of
the extremeties.

A temperature sensor is al-
tached to a little finger to
measure the cooling. As stress
levels rise, blood leaves: ex-
tremeties. The patient also
wears earphones to. monitor
pressure level beeps as tension:
increases.

The therapy comes from
learning to breathe and relax
to bring both. sound. and
t¢émperature levels down.

‘*Headache people are our
most successful group of. peo-
ple because very little has to
change to prevent a migraine.
But it doesn’t.mean you will
never have headaches again ——
you’ll know. what to do. when
- you feel the symptoms coming
on.’’

Often the centre attracts
people addicted to painkillers.
“We will get them to. take their
medication. prior to getting
their migraine so they are not
using them as reinforcement
~ for their pain,’’ Nunn said.

Svs €Catcn-22. Eventually

- these people begin to. have

headaches in order to’ have the

pill. The body is yearning to. be

‘balanced all this time.’””
Once patients ‘master relaxa-

‘tion, - initially: through the
‘biofeedback _ machine, they
can relax anywhere. — ‘even

driving . home. from work.

: Instead. of rushing home as
* quick as possible, take a. dif-
ferent-route that gives you.an:

extra’ 10 minutes’ .to: ‘unwind.
before going home.”’

it’s almost an epidemic among
all types of individuals — par-
ticularly. with more women
entering the work force.’’

And again, their fear of not
learning how to relax will keep
them away from treatment.
‘These are the people who will
ask to stay by the door so they
can leave if they feel trapped
which is fine,’?’ Nunn
noted, ._

It is very difficult for these
people to admit they need to
learn how to relax and deéal
with stress, Nunn said. ‘‘They
feel a tremendous shame with
not coping. I'll get. business
people or university professors

who will come to the clinic on
the condition their. names are
not known beyond the
counsellors.”’

Medical doctors are general-
ly very supportive with referr-
ing patients to the centre, she
said, adding that people really
have to want to’ be helped.
“Generally they will wait to
come, sometimes. years after
they were originally referred,
and then they’ll crawl in the
door in crisis.

“All of us would love to
have something simple and
easy to solve our problems but
it doesn’t work that way.”

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