This lecture, given to a live audience is one of the best I have seen for a long time. Lorimer Moseley is one of the leading researchers and teachers in the specialist area of Pain. He explains simply how the brain will sometimes ignore danger signals and at other times will “get it wrong” [...]
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10 February 2011 I wrote last year how mirrors were being used to treat phantom limb pain. Now they are being used in a slightly different way to carry out research into how the brain processes pain. The researchers found that if you look at your hand, rather than looking away from it you can tolerate [...] 4 November 2010 We now know which parts of the brain are involved with feelings of anxiety, sadness and pain. See the Sky News article for further information. The two main parts of the brain that increase their activity when we feel stressed or anxious are the prefrontal cortex and the limbic centres. Recent [...] 22 March 2010 Just watched a short presentation by neurologist V S Ramachandran where he talks about a treatment he invented for curing phantom limb pain. It works by using mirrors to fool part of the brain into thinking that the phantom limb is really there and able to move without pain. Even though the patient is [...] |
My name is Bill Ferguson and I am an Osteopath and Acupuncturist. I run a private practice in Tenterden, Kent.
I am registered with the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the regulatory body for osteopathy and I have been helping people in pain for over 20 years. For further information about my osteopathy practice see my website www.billferguson.co.uk where you will find more information about me. |
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