Trisha Yearwood Shares How Unique Treatment Changed Her Life When Battling Serious Illness

While steadily releasing music over the course of her career, in 2019, Trisha Yearwood seemed to disappear from the spotlight after her album Every Girl. With each passing year, fans wondered exactly when Yearwood would get back to the studio. At the same time, rumors circulated as to what happened to the country star. But now, with the singer releasing her newest album, The Mirror, on July 18th, she decided to open up about the last few years and how a unique treatment helped save her from a serious illness. 

Appearing on BobbyCast with Bobby Bones, Yearwood explained how she struggled with the side effects of long COVID. Revealing how she couldn’t even name common items around the house, the star discovered LENS therapy thanks to a friend. For those wondering exactly what LENS therapy was, it was short for “Low Energy Neurofeedback System.” 

Sharing how she stayed silent about the treatment, Yearwood explained, “I didn’t tell anybody I was going because I was like, ‘I don’t understand what this does.’ But the first thing I noticed was I was sleeping better than I had slept in 10 years.” She insisted, “It changed my life.”

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Trisha Yearwood Shares Process Of LENS Therapy

With Yearwood battling COVID, she found herself needing help when it came to her life at home. “I would say I’m a long COVID person. I had all the brain fog … people were like, ‘You are in menopause,’ and I would be like, ‘Yeah, but this is different because I’m looking at a rolling pin and I can’t name it. So, I either have early-onset Alzheimer’s or something else wrong.” 

Wanting to describe her experience, hoping to help others who might also be suffering, Yearwood detailed how the process worked. “So they put these little electrodes. It looks like you’re about to get shock therapy, but it’s not that … and they hit little different spots, I think 21 places on your brain. They’ll hit things like retention, motivation, and childhood memory. So it’s like you’re going to therapy in a way, but you’re not talking about it. Your brain waves are sitting in a rut if you loop or hit a block every time.”

Promising that patients don’t “feel” the LENS therapy, it appeared to work with Yearwood gearing up to release her newest album in a few days.

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