Phantom limb

What is a Phantom Limb?
A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb (even an organ, like the appendix) is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts. Approximately 5 to 10% of individuals with an amputation experience phantom sensations in their amputated limb, and the majority of the sensations are painful. Phantom sensations may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, e.g. after amputation of the breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome). The missing limb often feels shorter and may feel as if it is in a distorted and painful position. Occasionally, the pain can be made worse by stress, anxiety and weather changes. Phantom limb pain is usually intermittent. The frequency and intensity of attacks usually decline with time.
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Competitive Technologies Hopes to Revolutionize Pain Treatment with Calmare®
The technology was created by Italian Professor Giuseppe Marineo to treat neuropathic pain related to cancer. However, the technology can be applied to manage other types of pain as well, such as phantom limb syndrome, reflex sympathy dystrophy, restless leg syndrome, and others.

 

Competitive Technologies’ Calmare® Pain Therapy Treatment to Treat Patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Calmare Pain Therapy successfully treats chronic neuropathic pain resulting from phantom limb syndrome, shingles, failed back surgery, sciatica, spinal stenosis and other maladies.

 

Additional Abstract Affirms Competitive Technologies’ Calmare® Pain Therapy Effectively TreatsCancer Patients’ Pain
Calmare is being used to treat international patients in Italy, India, Greece, Bangladesh, and U.S. patients at clinics in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Florida, Connecticut and Rhode Island. In addition to treating pain associated with cancer and cancer treatments, the Calmare device also successfully treats chronic neuropathic pain resulting from shingles, failed back surgery, phantom limb syndrome, sciatica, spinal stenosis and other maladies.