ABSTRACT
It has been known for some time that self-regulation strategies can alter the perception of pain. The evidence for this is strongest in certain very specific areas such as application to migraines (see Andrasik, Chapter 49 of this volume), tension headaches (Middaugh & Pawlick, 2002), and myofascial pain (Meyers, White, & Heft, 2002). Other applications of traditional autonomic biofeedback have been to arthritis pain, fibromyalgia, temporomandibular disorders, tinnitus, vulvodynia, complex regional pain syndrome, and other kinds of chronic pain (Yucha & Gilbert, 2004). In recent years, we have seen the reemergence of electroencephalography (EEG)-based biofeedback in application to a variety of psychopathologies and neurological disorders. In the context of this work, clinical benefit for certain pain syndromes was also observed. In some instances, this is simply corroborative of what had already been established with peripheral biofeedback. In others, it represents new departures.
