Dr. Bernard S. Brucker is the Director of the Brucker Biofeedback Center at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital. The Brucker Biofeedback Center is the most advanced laboratory of its type, developing and implementing new and innovative behavioral procedures and advanced microprocessor technology for the purpose of restoring function to people who would normally be facing permanent paralysis from central nervous system damage such as strokes, brain injuries, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries. This work was developed by Dr. Bernard Brucker, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of MiamiSchool of Medicine.
The Neuroeducator indicates progress as Dr. Bernard Brucker works with Maëliese Jean, an 18-year-old with cerebral palsy from Marseille, France, at the Brucker Biofeedback Center at Miami Jewish Home and Hospital.
The origin of “the Brucker Method” dates back to 1969, when Dr. Brucker was an Assistant Research Scientist at NYU Medical Center working on research to better understand how the structure of the brain and spinal cord translate into function, and how recovery can be implemented after damage to the brain and spinal cord. Dr. Brucker moved his center to the University of MiamiSchool of Medicine in 1981, and its main clinical laboratories are now located at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital at Douglas Gardens.
The Brucker Method utilizes a “Neuroeducator” developed by Dr. Brucker to access a physiological capability neuroscientists call “unmasking.” When axons are severed or neurons die, surviving neurons provide potential alternative pathways to carry the electrical impulses that make movement possible. “The pathways are there already! The brain is incredibly plastic, but it doesnt happen unless you demand it,” Dr. Brucker explains. The Neuroeducator visually depicts the electrical impulses sent by the patients brain the process known as biofeedback. Watching the screen while trying to move immobilized parts of the body helps the patients brain “re-wire,” so they can, over time, regain function.
The Brucker Method has been highly successful, and persons with paralysis who have stopped responding to other treatments come to the Brucker Biofeedback Center from all over the world to seek treatment for improvement of function. The Center has experience with over 12,000 cases, with a 98% success rate of restoring at least one level of function. Remarkable success stories, some involving high-profile figures like Detroit Lions football player, Mike Utley, and Brazils premiere classical pianist and conductor, João Carlos Martins, have generated extensive national and international media coverage. The Brucker Biofeedback Centers unparalleled reputation, based upon the medical technology developed and refined by Dr. Brucker and his dedicated team of biofeedback therapists and clinicians, has truly made Miami a beacon of hope for some of the most profoundly disabled people around the world.
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