help with phantom pain

[Assist_u]

Hi my husband suffers with pahntom pain as a result of a car accident. He still has the limb just know movement or feeling, but suffers with phantom pain.
dooes anyone know if reflexology can help phantom pain?
and are there certain reflexes to concentrate on?
anyhelp would be great as the pain he is suffering is getting worse.
thanks

 

[liveyourlife]

Hi, my husband still has his arm it is just parlysised, he wah been told by doctors that it is phantom pain he is suffering.
And he hets his pain in his arm and hand the one that he has no feeling in.
the pain is so bad lately.
does this help???

 

[Satuhati Satuhati]

Hi,

I'm not sure I can help with phantom pain but I would suggest Acupuncture for immediate pain relief. Could he be having referred pain from somewhere else? Maybe his back? If so he should probably have a check up with an Osteopath or Chiropractor, especially after such a severe accident.

I was just curious about 'phantom pain' as I wasn't aware that he would have pain if he had no feeling there? Is he likely to get feeling back or do the doctors say it's permanent?

Sending lots of healing energy.

Love & Light

AG
xxx

 

[runners.wife]

My understanding is that phantom pain is your brain thinking that you still have a functioning limb... so the problem is in the brain, or the nerves feeding the limb... and not the limb itself. In reflexology the big toe, and the tops of all the toes represent the brain/head, so you could try massaging those areas for him.

I suspect that a reflexologist would focus on those areas - but as we all know, reflexology isn't just massage... so their treatment would be a lot more effective than the localised massage you give your husband. I make the suggestion that you do that because I had a reflexology treatment for a nasty nasty back injury last year - from a beauty therapist in my local beauty clinic - it helped me a lot. However when I went to see a qualified reflexologist it was phenomenally deeper and more effective.

Good luck!

 

[DoppolyKonson]

Please,please try health kinesiology for this [link=http://www.hk4health.co.uk]http://www.hk4health.co.uk[/link] for a practitioner. There is a specific technique for phantom sensations and though I can't guarantee it will work (nothing in life is certain), I've had good success with it in the past.

best wishes

Jane