Enter the December How to Cope with Pain contest!
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Several readers have asked for more info on new treatments such as graded motor imagery and mirror therapy for chronic pain conditions. Some online resources are below.
How to Cope with Pain articles:
- Think and Move, and Your Pain May Improve
- Podcast about Recognise, a graded motor imagery computer program
- Interview with Dr. Moseley, a researcher in these areas
- How Pain Can Be Helped With Mirrors
- CRPS – Can Mirrors Help?
- How Practicing Touch Can Help Pain
Websites:
- NOI Group
- CRPS/RSD A Better Life, (see all the links in the left-side column)
- Matthias Weinberger, a physical therapist, at Neurotopian
- Mirror Box Therapy
Journal articles:
- Graded motor imagery for pathologic pain. Neurology 2006, Vol 67, 2129-2134.
- Graded motor imagery is effective for longstanding CRPS. Pain 2004, Vol 108, 192-198.
If you’re in the Philly/PA/NJ area, I can refer you to a practitioner who uses these techniques (I don’t refer to myself from my blog). And if you can’t access the 2 journal articles above, but would like to read the entire articles, I can email them to you. Just request either a referral or article here.
For a great list of the Best Personal Excellence Tips, stop over at Litemind. Excellent reading – and take a peek at my tip, which is #12!
3 responses so far ↓
Louise O // Feb 11, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Every issue of your newsletter is more than welcome. I always learn something new.
This is one of the best ressources I have found on the web. Heartwarming and educational, you have found a perfect balance to inform patients about pain.
Keep up the good work and thank you for the time, effort and collaboration you put into this newsletter.
VICKIE // Mar 6, 2009 at 9:52 am
HOW CAN YOU USE THIS MIRROR IMAGERY WHEN THE R.S.D. HAS CRAWLED THROUGH YOUR WHOLE LOWER TRUNK AREA????? BOTH FEET, AND BOTH LEGS..
How to Cope with Pain // Mar 6, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Vickie, it is more difficult to use mirror therapy when you have 2-sided symptoms. If 1 side is mildly affected, you can use that as the “good” side, as long as you can move it normally and it looks physically healthy. Also, as long as moving doesn’t increase pain more than slightly.
2 other options:
1. Instead of starting with mirror therapy, use the graded motor imagery program first.
2. Start with tactile discrimination instead, first on your less-affected side.
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