Comments on: Dr House tries the mirror box therapy http://bodyinmind.com.au/dr-house-tries-the-mirror-box-therapy/ Research into the role of the brain and mind in chronic pain disorders Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lorimer Moseley http://bodyinmind.com.au/dr-house-tries-the-mirror-box-therapy/#comment-8035 Lorimer Moseley Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:46:32 +0000 http://www.bodyinmind.com.au/?p=1597#comment-8035 Hey Mike - thanks for posting on our humble site. There certainly are some impressive anecdotes about mirror therapy and some reasonably robust clinical trials seem to suggest it is helpful for people with phantom limb pain (<a href="http://bodyinmind.com.au/is-mirror-therapy-all-it-is-cracked-up-to-be-current-evidence-and-future-directions/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). I must say in a couple of hundred amputees with phantom limb pain that I have seen, not one has responded anywhere near as impressively as Dr House's did. At this stage, I reckon there is something in it but i am not sure exactly what. If you are after a mirror box, Mike's company sells them, so does NOI . They both seem good. The reflex mirror box (Mike's) seems lighter and easier to carry around, but i have had a couple where the mirror is bent a bit and slightly convex - this is a problem - one does NOT want the reflected image to look bigger than it really is...(<a href="http://bodyinmind.com.au/visual-distortion-of-a-limb-modulates-the-pain-and-swelling-evoked-by-movement/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). The NOI mirror box does not seem to do this, but is a bit less portable. Hey Mike –
thanks for posting on our humble site. There certainly are some impressive anecdotes about mirror therapy and some reasonably robust clinical trials seem to suggest it is helpful for people with phantom limb pain (here). I must say in a couple of hundred amputees with phantom limb pain that I have seen, not one has responded anywhere near as impressively as Dr House’s did. At this stage, I reckon there is something in it but i am not sure exactly what. If you are after a mirror box, Mike’s company sells them, so does NOI . They both seem good. The reflex mirror box (Mike’s) seems lighter and easier to carry around, but i have had a couple where the mirror is bent a bit and slightly convex – this is a problem – one does NOT want the reflected image to look bigger than it really is…(here). The NOI mirror box does not seem to do this, but is a bit less portable.

]]> By: mike baxall http://bodyinmind.com.au/dr-house-tries-the-mirror-box-therapy/#comment-8010 mike baxall Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:50:12 +0000 http://www.bodyinmind.com.au/?p=1597#comment-8010 Yes a dramatic result! but this is not a camera or mirror trick, mirror box therapy can really produce this kind of result. Mirror therapy was first described by V.S. Ramachandran, but has since been proven in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) / RSD, and stroke rehabilitation, as well as for hand and foot rehabilitation following an injury or surgery. www.mirrorboxtherapy.com is a good place to start; it has lots of information and a link to where you can purchase a mirror box. Yes a dramatic result! but this is not a camera or mirror trick, mirror box therapy can really produce this kind of result.

Mirror therapy was first described by V.S. Ramachandran, but has since been proven in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) / RSD, and stroke rehabilitation, as well as for hand and foot rehabilitation following an injury or surgery. http://www.mirrorboxtherapy.com is a good place to start; it has lots of information and a link to where you can purchase a mirror box.

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