This is interesting... http://www.discover.com/issues/oct-0...-doubles-pain/

Veyr interesting thank you, I knew the pain in the oposite limb almost from the start, WCB and some docs like to say it is associated pain.. *(not real) man I'd like them to try experiencing it for 20 min and see what tolerences they have... acociate this doc lol

Another site relating to this topic: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/...6/01-pain.html

Hey Vanessa,

You may want to read up on phantom pain too - it's all kind of connected with the mirror-pain thing. There's been some research recently, saw a documentary, on treating phantom limb pain.

They have made great strides by getting the patient to look at his body with a mirror positioned so that from his angle he can see the remaining limb reflected on the other side - so it looks to him like he's got his arm or leg back.

Apparently, when we lose a body part, the brain overwrites that part of the brain that was used for the missing limb, and other information invades that area, taking it over.

By using the mirrors, the eyes tell the brain to overwrite again, retrieve the missing information, and return the balance to its normal state.

This area of research is really fascinating,
all the best!

Hey IHH

this treatment is used with RSD at my local hospital - unfortuantly though you have to have a good side to exercise it against - the idea is you look in the mirror and are asked to move the good side, and then your brain makes you move the other side ....

apparently succesful!?

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