Is your brain causing your chronic pain?
Neurofeedback can help improve chronic pain.
Chronic pain is not just the lingering effect of an injury
It is often the result of how the brain and nervous system process pain signals. Normally, pain acts as a protective alarm that quiets once healing occurs, but in chronic pain that alarm gets “stuck on.” The brain can memorize pain signals, with regions such as the somatosensory cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, and insula becoming overly sensitized and amplifying normal sensations into painful ones. At the same time, the balance between excitatory and inhibitory brain activity is disrupted, leaving pain pathways overactive and difficult to regulate. Stress, trauma, and emotional distress often worsen the cycle, as the limbic system attaches fear or anxiety to pain memories, intensifying the experience. qEEG brain mapping can reveal these imbalances, making the hidden neural patterns that drive chronic pain visible and providing a roadmap for more targeted care.
Neurofeedback helps quiet the overactive circuits that keep pain signals firing long after tissues have healed. Unlike medication, which masks discomfort, neurofeedback retrains brainwave activity so that hyperactive pain pathways settle and the nervous system regains balance. Through real-time feedback, the brain learns to adopt healthier rhythms, gradually shifting from a hyper-alert state into stability and calm. This not only reduces the intensity of pain but also eases the emotional burden, since pain and the limbic system are tightly linked. As stress, irritability, and anxiety lift alongside the pain, many people describe it as their nervous system finally releasing its grip. Over time, neurofeedback helps the brain stop “memorizing” pain, restoring resilience, comfort, and freedom in daily life.
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An EEG brain map objectively measures brain function for people between the ages of 6 and 92. It identifies specific regions of the brain that may be producing too much, or too little electrical activity compared to a controlled, normative database of your same age and gender.
A brain map takes less than an hour to record and is neither invasive nor painful. You simply wear a cap with 19 sensors that record your brain’s electrical activity while you relax in a chair. It is similar to having an EKG record your heart. It’s as safe as a stethoscope!
Without an EEG brain map, healthcare providers and therapists rely solely on subjective information like symptoms and history. Neuroscience research has identified 6 different types of brain physiology that can produce anxiety symptoms and 6 others that can produce ADHD symptoms.
Many symptoms can be the result of abnormal brain activity during sleep cycles. Understanding the physiological source is imperative to any treatment plan. EEG brain mapping is the technology that provides an objective assessment to help direct the most effective brain health interventions.
An EEG brain map can help identify if your brain function is being affected by nutritional deficiencies, environmental factors, genetic factors, sleep cycle dysfunction, or due to post-concussion activity. If one or more of these are identified, we will recommend specific nutritional interventions, changes to your diet, changes in lifestyle, specific genetic tests, or EEG biofeedback sessions (Neurofeedback) to optimize your brain’s electrical activity.
Yes, there are hundreds of research studies on EEG for a wide variety of symptoms, including memory problems, anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury (TBI), ADD/ADHD, and processing issues.
EEG is considered the “Gold Standard” in neuroscience for measuring real-time brain function. EEG brain mapping is used by the Department of Defense as well as top institutions including UCLA, UCSD, Stanford and many others.
Yes, continue to take your medications prescribed by your doctor. We know how medications affect your brain map and can account for this when reviewing the results.
Once your brain map is fully processed, you will have a 1-hour consultation to review your brain map findings with our Director of Neuroscience, Bryan Hixson. Mr. Hixson is one of the leading neuroscience experts in quantitative EEG brain mapping, neurocognitive testing, neurofeedback brain training, and nutritional cellular health.
Mr. Hixson is a brain health expert consultant for AARP’s Staying Sharp platform, serving 38 million members. He is also the Director of Digital Brain Health for Sharecare/DoctorOz.com, the founder and neuroscience director of the Brain Performance Centers, and an EEG brain mapping contractor for the U.S. Army. Additionally, Mr. Hixson is the co-founder of BrainSpan Laboratories, which is used by over 1,000 doctors nationwide. It is the most clinically validated blood spot test available for optimizing fatty acids related to brain health.
Even though EEG brain mapping has hundreds of research studies, currently, insurance does not pay or reimburse for EEG brain maps. The current insurance model is to prescribe medications solely based on symptoms and history. EEG technology is still a few years away from being considered a “main stream” medical diagnostic tool. However, the Brain Performance Center has recently reduced the price for a full EEG brain map to only $500 (the price for the last 5 years has been $975). This helps make it an affordable, out-of-pocket brain health investment.
Call our office at (800) 385-0710 or email us at: info@BrainPerformance.com
