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Request: Submissions related to "pain science", neuroplasticity, and chronic pain. Here's a bit about phantom arm pain. Rubber Arm Experiment | MAGIC FOR HUMA
by specialist 5y ago
Request: Submissions related to "pain science", neuroplasticity, and chronic pain.
Here's a bit about phantom arm pain.
Rubber Arm Experiment | MAGIC FOR HUMANS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdxlT68ygt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdxlT68ygt8
Seems so crazy. How's this even work?
None of my pop-sci books I've read about the brain touch on pain. And vice versa.
The books I've read about pain (these last two years) approach from psychiatry, mindfulness, and general purpose wellness. Stuff like this https://www.painrevolution.org https://www.painrevolution.org
All well and good. The techniques and skills I learned actually worked. But I'd really love to know more about the underlying mechanisms. Because right now what I experienced really seems like magic (phenomenon without explanation).
Like I've read about practiced graded motor imagery. But I don't understand it. http://www.gradedmotorimagery.com http://www.gradedmotorimagery.com
Just occurred to me I should look for books about drugs, pharmacology, and pain killers. Maybe that's a ramp to the neurology stuff. Any suggestions?
- tsol 5y agoThe rubber arm thing is interesting. It's much like the mirror boxes used to stimulate phantom limbs, and by doing this patients can relax phantom limbs that are permanently 'tensed'. This was created by a doctor VS Ramachandran. He wrote a few books, they're somewhat pop Sci but include a fair bit of in depth knowledge. His book Phantoms in the Brain covers a lot of this. Another book of his, The Tell Tale Brain, is a bit more general but it's also a fascinating looking at how the physical brain and consciousness intersect, especially in regards to disease