How to Use biofeedback in a Sentence

biofeedback

noun
  • Some could reduce their pain through biofeedback as patients began to learn from their bodies.
    — Jerry Mitchell and Laura Ungar, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2018
  • But its biofeedback can help your relationships … up to a certain point.
    — Adrienne So, Wired, 9 Jan. 2021
  • These Forme shorts activate the glutes and abs through biofeedback while curbing joint stress.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • Some doctors are skeptical that this type of biofeedback using videogames can work as a therapy.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 17 July 2017
  • The handheld Core orb uses biofeedback and haptic guidance to steer you toward focus and calm.
    — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 15 Dec. 2020
  • In a flash of mad genius, Koch and his colleagues wondered if people could use biofeedback to control the strength of these neurons.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2010
  • Trigger point injections, dry needling, and biofeedback are some other tools that might be recommended.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 12 July 2024
  • But the benefits of HRV biofeedback are not reserved for elite athletes.
    — David Shearer, Quartz, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The device is free because all that biofeedback comes via a smartphone app and a monthly membership fee that starts as low as $18 a month.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Meo Health uses phone-camera PPG for wearable-free biofeedback.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
  • These modules also incorporate heart-rate and breath-sensor data to provide users with biofeedback.
    — Meeri Kim, courant.com, 12 June 2018
  • Nervous system training is moving from clinical biofeedback labs onto everyday wrists, chests and phone screens.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
  • There’s also a useful session with the naturopath and ‘biofeedback’ to check your breathing pattern and discuss how that reflects your emotional state.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Patitucci and Tyson had fitted each of the plants with a small device that translated biofeedback into a sonic data.
    — Wired, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Restore self-regulating vagal function through grounding and mindfulness as well self biofeedback such as breathwork.
    — Womensmedia, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Ices performed the song in one take, and Brown’s team quadruple exposed the film to pick up the colors from the biofeedback, moving the camera around the piano in the exact same way.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2021
  • If Sturm was trying to conceal his excitement about getting back into a NHL game, biofeedback gave him away.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Heart rate variability biofeedback, where athletes learn to monitor and regulate the rhythm of their heartbeat in real time, has shown real promise.
    — Amy Cuddy, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • There are other wearables on the market that monitor brain waves and, through biofeedback, encourage users to actively modify their alpha patterns.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
  • For people who are serious about their meditation practice, the Muse biofeedback headbands are one of the coolest new innovations on the market.
    — Lori Keong, SELF, 27 Nov. 2020
  • There are biofeedback apps and devices that can assess your performance during these exercises, which experts say can be helpful for some people but are not always necessary.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • For example, in the third episode, Gideon uses a chair from the aerospace division of his company that reads biofeedback from pilots to monitor their stress levels.
    — June Thomas, Slate Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Using a gait-training program with real-time biofeedback, the runners completed an 8-session gait retraining program while training for a half-marathon.
    — Ian McMahan, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2019
  • My lab is investigating biofeedback and neurofeedback tools to help make these invisible states and metrics visible to aid in training.
    — David Van Den Heever, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Nervous system training is the practice of using biofeedback tools and short regulation exercises like breathwork to build stress resilience the same way weight training builds muscle.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Essentially a biofeedback device, the ball calculates heart rate variability.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The good news is there are treatments including biofeedback, medications, pelvic floor physical therapy, and relaxation techniques.
    — Elizabeth Millard, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The guideline said that non-drug therapies such as acupuncture (as well as physical and massage therapies, biofeedback and hypnotherapy) should be considered as first-line treatments for acute pain.
    — Brie Zeltner, cleveland.com, 31 Dec. 2017
  • Doctors use antidepressants, pain medications, biofeedback and physical therapy, but these strategies do not always work.
    — David Kohn, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2018
  • But an old biofeedback machine in a medical office has no shock value and isn’t Instagram-worthy high-resolution video of gorgeous goopsters doing snowga.
    — Jennifer Gunter, STAT, 17 Jan. 2020

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