Helping amputees and phantom limb pain

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Almost all people who have lost a limb

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‘Almost all people who have lost a limb have some sensation that it is still there, and it’s thought that around 80% of amputees experience some level of pain associated with the missing limb. For some the pain is so great it is hugely debilitating,’ says first author Dr Tamar Makin of the Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) at Oxford University.

Lots of great things to report!

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Struggling with laptop keyboard issues and finding a useable bandwidth. Bear with me. Lots of great things to report!!!!

The Mirror Man Cometh!

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The Mirror Man Cometh!  Hold on to your nubs!

I can feel my fist clenching

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I can feel my fist clenching, my fingernails digging in. I can see the hand isn’t there but the sensation is so realistic.

Kirsty Mason, who took part in the study

A Leg To Stand On

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‘Proceeding or “doing” was essentially a stream, an articulate stream, an art-stream, which must be likened to melody. Without this living stream, this kinetic melody and utterance, without the being who streamed and uttered himself forth, there could be no doing, no walking at all.’ Oliver Sacks from ‘A Leg To Stand On’