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BBC Report on Phantom Limb and Mirrors

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:52:47 +0000

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) announced the results of a small pilot study which suggests that a simple mind trick involving mirrors can help ease the pain of osteoarthritis, a condition that affects one in 10 people.

Full Story: – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15938103

Mirror therapy may help to reduce the pain of arthritis

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:23:34 +0000

Scientists have demonstrated a cheap and simple therapy that uses an optical illusion to ease joint pain and stiffness in people with arthritis. The results of a small pilot study suggest the technique could help millions of people who experience the pain of inflamed joints without resorting to higher doses of painkillers and steroids, the most common drugs used to treat the condition.

Read the full report in The guardian at :-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/14/mirror-therapy-reduces-pain-arthritis?commentpage=last#end-of-comments

New improved mirror

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:37:32 +0000

Reflex Pain Management Ltd, have replace the polyester mirror on their small folding mirror box with a thicker, better scratch resistant acrylic mirror. Although this has added cost and value to the product they are keep the cost the same. But hurry they wouldn’t say for now long.

A folding mirror box is used for stroke rehabilitation, CRPS, RSD, phantom lamb pain as well as limb rehab after an injury or surgery.

Folding Mirror Therapy Box now on Amazon

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:24:44 +0000

Reflex Pain Managements excellent folding mirror therapy box is now available via Amazon :-http://www.amazon.co.uk/Folding-Mirror-Therapy-Hand-Wrist/dp/B005IFDFA4/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1315930356&sr=8-27

Mirror Box Therapy is used for many conditions including, phantom limb pain; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and for rehabilitation after a stroke; an injury; or surgery. Visualization therapy has been described in medical literature to be of benefit to 80% of users. The rate and amount of recovery much depends on the intensity and duration of the therapy. Recovery is influenced by personality, life experiences and coping styles. Why it worksA little understanding of how the brain works will help you understand Mirror Box Therapy.The brain consists of billions of neurones and trillions of connections. These neurones are able to store a map of our body, this is why we can close our eyes and still touch our nose, ear, knee or indeed any part of our body without looking. So if you were to lose a limb, the limb may have gone but the brain’s map still has the image of the limb. The brain continues to send electrical signals through neurons to the limb and the mismatch between the brain’s map and what actually exists, causes pain.While putting the affected limb inside the mirror box and the unaffected limb in front of the mirror, and looking at the image in the mirror the brain receives visual feedback thus fooling it into thinking that the affected limb is still working. Encouraging the brain to adjust to its new environment. This same principle of fooling the brain also works for CRPS/RSD and limb rehabilitation after surgery or an injury. Mirror Box Therapy for stroke rehab works differently as it is the brain that is damaged and not the limb. Along with the neurons we have mirror neurons; these mirror neurons fire just by seeing someone doing something, simulating the action in our minds (we empathize).Therefore by seeing the affected limb in the mirror essentially working, the brain is encouraged to rebuild the network within the brain and restart its communication with the limb. The brain will actively open new pathways that have lain dormant until now.

abc 7 news shows how mirror box therapy works

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:42:30 +0000

Great video form abc 7 news shows how mirror box therapy works and how effective it is. Watch as the patient moves their affected limb for the first time. Mirror therapy is use for limb rehabilitation after a stroke injury or surgery.

Healthbeat Report Mirror therapy to help regain movement in …
Some patients are now trying an easy and inexpensive technique to help regain movement in partially paralyzed or injured arms.
abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id…

motor functioning after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:56:23 +0000

Mirror therapy enhances lower-extremity motor recovery and motor functioning after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Motor recovery and cortical reorganization after mirror therapy in …
To evaluate for any clinical effects of home-based mirror therapy and subsequent cortical reorganization in patients with chronic stroke with moderate upper …
www.mendeley.com/…/motor-recovery-cortical-reorganizatio…

Mirror Therapy Improves Motor Function After Stroke

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:19:00 +0000

Mirror Therapy Improves Motor Function After Stroke
Medscape
June 2, 2011 (Hamburg) — Using a systematic review of the literature, German researchers have shown that mirror therapy can improve upper-extremity motor …

Special offer ends soon

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:31:42 +0000

Reflex Pain Managements Special offer on their small folding mirror box ends soon. A mirror box is used for stroke rehabilitation as will as for CRPS,RSD and limb rehab after injury or surgery as well as phantom limb pain.

A little more about Mirror Box Therapy

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:03:42 +0000

A little more about Mirror Box Therapy | Daily Health Tips
A mirror box is often a box with two mirrors inside the center (one facing each way), designed by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran to help you alleviate phantom …
www.healthgainer.com/a-little-more-about-mirror-box-therapy/

Inside The Mirror Box

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:37:46 +0000

YouTube – Inside The Mirror Box
A stroke survivor’s paralyzed hand begins to respond to Mirror Box Therapy. On the other side of the box, the patient is squeezing an …
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3QW9gGiRqM