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Their new business pened its doors in Orem March 1. as the only company m the area offering cutting-edge treatment in the form of neurofeedback neu-rofeedback The duo utilizes technology created by Brain State Technologies to help their clients tram their brains to help them overcome a wide variety of ailments from ADD and ADI ID to alcoholism "Almost everyone has gone through trauma at one point in t 1476 hi Freedom Blvd - Provo 377-3674 V t I TTTTTTl I i JTTV f . . JTTiT'. "" t I 333 N Freedom Btvd - Latino Branch 655-0777 - 'liU!' ULiiU ' !ikJLLtk ' I -W W 90 W. Center St - Spanish Fork 798-1423 . V P ' . -f . : 757 E 400 So. - Springville 491-8993 (ri 2Uf7SM IP NTS. ilM' ''"'r V" I ' S 309 S Mam - Nephi 1435-623-2322 V " 1,Wt''4j' It -" WJiM'.Mt.iivMr , ' . 318 W Main - Eureka 1-435-433-2008 V:;.:.:':.:-: I , Z, ' ' , f, t"f" ' 7 tl" ikAJepmmjtUiratlyinureduitoSli().l)lik ; V . S I : -. 1 IXSllUXCKAGEXCI home auto life - business WHAT'S H A P P L their lives, which is the main cause of disfunction." Wren said. "What we do is to try to balance and harmonize their brains by analyzing the brain's activities " The ''rain (iate team recognizes rec-ognizes the brain as unique to each individual, which is one of the ideas that runs their treatment treat-ment programs. "W e do not take a cookie cutter approach." Wren said. "We create a plan that optimizes optimiz-es the activity of that person." The treatment offered at Brain (iate begins with education educa-tion alxnit the software and retraining of the brain. Each client is informed about the options op-tions available to them before they are analyzed. In neurofeedback, the Brain ( iate stafl would then attach www.footeinsurance.com 30S N. FREEDOM BLVD. PROVO N I N G electrodes to their patients head to run an assessment and map the brain's specific activities. They use the map to create an individualized training plan to help retrain the condition. The training sessions usually lasts around 75 minutes, with sessions occurring every day or even multiple times a day. Wren said that their training offers longer lasting results compared to other treatment programs. "This is not an experimental treatment," Wren said. "Brain State Technology users have seen an 80 percent success rate." The Brain (iate treatment treat-ment program also differs from other treatments in that it does not use medications to alter the state of the brain. Wren said that he has seen v I .:-lA 5 ichard Foote Ross Schofield i i 1-. ZS iJ l If you go Brain Gate Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00 8:30-5:00 and by appointment. Telephone: 221-9999 Address: 876 N. 1430 West Web site: www.braingateu-tah.com situations where medication use has become burdensome for the patient, and his program pro-gram offers an alternative. "I saw a girl who was taking a mixture of medications, and she was supposed to take three of one drug and one of the other," Wren said. "She came in because she had taken three of the wrong one and one of the other." House and Wren, came into the neurofeedback business after af-ter receiving training in Scott-sdale Scott-sdale Arizona from the Brain State Technologies software creator, Lee Gerdes. The training train-ing taught them to understand the readings of the technology and what training should be done to correct disfunctions. When the business opened in March, the group was booked for two straight weeks. They anticipate working intensely with a variety of diagnoses, di-agnoses, including anger, anxiety, anxi-ety, autism, chronic fatigue, tobacco and drug use, as well as work for overall well being. "It is just so rewarding to see people after they have seen an increase in the balance they have in their lives," Wren said. (i iTi n t Anniversary celebration Family First Federal Credit Union will celebrate its 60-year heritage during an open house on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its Orem headquarters branch, located at 175 E. 200 South. Everyone is welcome to attend at-tend this free event which is designed to demonstrate what the credit union's name describes, putting families first. There will be pizza, cotton cot-ton candy and entertainment for children and adults. Family First staff will be distributing raffle-style door prizes throughout the day such as Cinemark movie tickets, pre-paid Visa cards and Lagoon amusement park tickets. An inflatable bounce castle will also be on location for families to enjoy. Noah's expands Noah Corporation announced an-nounced that South Jordan will be the home of its newest facility. The first Noah's was opened in Lindon at 644 N. 2000 West in January. To be located off the 106th South Exit on the west side of Interstate 15, the 30.000-square-foot facility has been designed by AE Urbia and will be built by Big D Construction. The South Jordan facility will open in summer 2008. Rooms will be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groups can gather at Noah's for expos, corporate parties, reunions, sports leagues or family functions. There are basketball, racquetball and volleyball courts or patrons can play billiards while watching watch-ing their favorite show on a big screen TV. Each room of the facility will provide access to personalized music selections selec-tions with over a million songs to choose from, wireless Internet Inter-net access and plasma video displays for a wide variety of video programming. Noah's is remotely controlled con-trolled through a command center located approximately 40 miles away in the Park City area. Makau launches podcast Makau Corporation and Grapevine Talk Radio network net-work partners are kicking off a new learning talk TV video podcast "Learning It Now." The first segment of "Learning it Now" will introduce intro-duce author Darby Checketts and the courses will downloads down-loads to video iPods. The "Learning it Now" Talk TV Program is delivered deliv-ered in a 24-minute video podcast hosted by Kim Power Pow-er Stilson, 5-year radio host of Healthy Wealthy Wow talk radio program, and Natalie Smith, radio host and Makau training advocate. p 00 |