The explainer
What is microcurrent neurofeedback
Microcurrent neurofeedback is a passive relaxation session in which small sensors placed on the scalp read electrical activity and return an extremely brief, very low current signal back to the same sensors.
You do not train, concentrate, or perform a task during the session. You sit in a chair. The signal lasts seconds at a time. The appointment around it is quiet.
This page is the starting point for everything we publish on the subject. Nine shorter pages sit under it, and each one goes deeper on a single question.
What happens during a microcurrent neurofeedback session?
A session has three parts. Sensors are placed, a brief signal runs, and then you rest for the remainder of the appointment. Most of the visit is quiet time in a chair.
The equipment reads activity through the same sensors that deliver the signal. The practitioner watches the reading and decides where to place sensors next. Nothing is asked of you while this happens.
- Sensors rest against the scalp and behind the ears with a conductive paste. Nothing is shaved and nothing breaks the skin.
- The active signal is measured in seconds, not minutes.
- A full appointment usually runs longer than the signal, because the rest matters.
Is microcurrent neurofeedback the same as EEG neurofeedback?
No. EEG neurofeedback is a training practice. You watch or listen to feedback on a screen and your attention shapes what the feedback does, session after session.
Microcurrent neurofeedback returns a signal without asking you to respond to anything. There is no screen to watch and no skill being learned. The two methods share the word neurofeedback and little else.
Does microcurrent neurofeedback hurt?
Most people report feeling nothing at all. The current is far below the level at which sensation typically begins, and it runs for a very short time.
A small number of people notice a faint tingle at a sensor site or feel tired later that day. We tell you about that possibility before your first visit rather than after it.
What does this practice claim, and what does it refuse to claim?
We offer sessions with a biofeedback device that holds FDA clearance for relaxation training and muscle reeducation. That is the whole scope of what we do.
We do not describe our sessions as medical care. We do not promise a result, a timeline, or a number of visits. We do not name a health condition and attach an outcome to it. If you read that language anywhere in the wider industry, treat it as a warning sign.
Who is a good fit for a session, and who is not?
People who want quiet, low effort time and are comfortable with an honest description of an unproved practice tend to do well here. Curiosity is enough of a reason to try one visit.
People who need medical care need medical care. People who want a promise will not get one from us. The honest limits page names the rest of the situations where we say no.
Where should you start reading?
If you want the mechanism, start with how it works. If you want the skeptical view first, start with what this is not. If the vocabulary is the obstacle, the glossary is short and plain.
Every page below links back here, and each one names the other pages that pair with it.
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Momentous Neurofeedback is a wellness practice. We use an FDA-cleared biofeedback device indicated for relaxation training and muscle reeducation.
We do not provide medical care and we do not assess or identify health conditions. We make no promise about any outcome, and nothing on this site should be read as one.
Sessions are not a substitute for care from a licensed clinician. If you have a health concern, speak with your own provider. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
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