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Use a mirror box for phantom limb pain by placing the intact limb into the box so its reflection appears where the missing limb would be, then moving the intact limb while watching the reflection to visually remap the phantom limb into a comfortable position; described as providing immediate relief.

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Ramachandran had people who were missing a limb put their intact limb into a box that had mirrors in it such that when they looked in the box, and they moved their intact limb, the opposite limb, which was a reflection of the intact limb, because they're missing the opposite limb, they would see it as if it was intact. And as they would move their intact limb, they would visualize with their eyes the limb that's in the place of the absent limb, so this is all by mirrors, moving around, and they would feel immediate relief from the phantom pain.

huberman · Control Pain & Heal Faster with Your Brain · Mar 1, 2021 · 24:32 · open ↗
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