If you haven't read V.S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain, now may be a good time to pick it up. I read it several years ago and was fascinated by the cases he has encountered, one of which was his description of phantom limb pain. The New England Journal of Medicine has just published as study performed by military hospitals that was inspired by Dr. Ramachandran's mirror therapy.
CNN also posted an article that also includes pictures of mirror therapy in use.
Here is Dr. Ramachandran at TED describing the use of mirrors in therapy:
Can you tell I'm a wanna-be TEDster?
via TEDBlog
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