Tag: pain management

The results are in from one of the largest, most rigorous studies ever conducted on post-amputation pain and phantom-limb pain. ...

According to a new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, spinal cord stimulation holds great potential to alleviate ...

Amputees are prone to overuse injuries in their unaffected limbs, and avoiding them is a lifelong commitment. Here are six ...

The Minneapolis VA Health Care System is recruiting amputees to participate in an innovative study of phantom limb pain, using ...

Neuroscientists have found objective biomarkers of chronic pain from inside the brain of individuals suffering from phantom limb pain (PLP) ...

There’s powerful anecdotal evidence that psilocybin can alleviate phantom limb pain in amputees. You can help test that hypothesis by ...

In this excerpt from her debut book, Chris Prange-Morgan recounts the agonizing days before her amputation, as she and her ...

According to amputee reiki practitioner Melissa D'Errico, reiki can’t bring your limb back, but it can ease your distress and ...

Peripheral nerve stimulation has been making headlines lately, and it’s all good news for amputees who seek relief from phantom ...

A spate of new studies suggest that very small doses of naltrexone can alleviate phantom limb pain and other forms of ...

Vibration therapy doesn’t blunt every amputee's phantom limb pain, but there have been promising outcomes. TheraV hopes to achieve more ...

Prosthetic Technology as Pain Management