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Retrain the Brain with LENS

What is LENS?

Low energy neurofeedback system, or LENS, was developed by Len Ochs, Ph.D, in the early 1990’s as a drug-free and highly effective method to enhance brain functioning and flexibility. This safe and effective technique uses faint electromagnetic impulses to the scalp to retrain the brain. In the over 20 years since its introduction, this painless and noninvasive procedure has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals decrease anxiety, increase and improve attention and concentration, reduce depression, increase overall energy and enhance creativity and the ability to be present.

Who Can Benefit from LENS, and How?

Children, teens and adults who experience anxiety, depression, tics, traumatic brain injuries, chronic fatigue and chronic pain can benefit greatly from the treatment. Also abetted by LENS are those who have ADD/ADHD, OCD, Autism, Asperger’s, addictions and more. Here is further explanation on how LENS can help individuals with such concerns.

ADD/ADHD: LENS decreases distractibility and impulsivity, and increases focus and the ability to concentrate. Life becomes much easier and manageable and less of a struggle.

Anxiety: LENS powerfully decreases anxiety and the tendency to worry. It helps patients to live life with less fear and with a greatly improved ability to relax, better handle stress and face challenges with a sense of calm and resilience.

OCD, Autism, Asperger’s, Tics: LENS can help reduce or eliminate OCD, increase social awareness and sensitivity in individuals with Autism and Asperger’s, and to reduce or eliminate the tendency in individuals with tics.

Depression: LENS can help with Depression, even in certain cases where it has been resistant to other types of treatments. It can increase energy and focus, brighten mood and outlook and begin to restore a sense of hope and healing.

Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Multiple or Environmental Sensitivities: LENS helps with increasing energy, decreasing fatigue and pain, restoring mental clarity and enhancing memory.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Concussion: In mild and moderate TBI, LENS has helped improve concentration, focus, memory, energy, clarity and the ability to multitask.

Addictions/Substance Abuse: Since LENS effectively helps with depression, anxiety and impulse control, it supports one’s attempts to break free of substance dependence and addiction.

Athletes: For anyone who desires performance enhancement, the LENS approach supports and enhances optimal and peak performance in sports, as well as most other areas of life.

Pets: Even dogs, cats and horses with anxiety, seizures and other mental/emotional problems benefit from this therapy. LENS effectively reduces anxiety, fears, depression and reactivity, while improving outcomes for concussions and potentially reducing frequency and severity of seizures.

Jeffrey Rutstein is a clinical psychologist specializing in body-centered psycho-therapy, mindfulness and neurofeedback, including the use of the LENS technique, with offices in Lambertville and Skillman, NJ. Connect with him at 609-426-4144 or DrJeffreyRutstein.com.

Local Insights
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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