Sentences with phrase «relieve phantom pain»
Researchers have long known that simply viewing an image of an amputee's intact foot or arm in a mirror can sometimes help relieve phantom pain, as if the brain's sense of self adjusts its conflicting sensations about the missing limb.
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The new findings parallel previous work demonstrating that adding more sensory input can relieve chronic phantom limb pain experienced by some amputees: when a mirror tricks the brain into thinking the body is whole again, the pain subsides.