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Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Phantom limb pain. Non-invasive treatment

Elwes GJ
Healing member of the Foundation of Spiritual Healing The Pool House, Astley, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13, 0RH, UK

Objective

Permanent relief of pain in Phantom limbs after amputation.

Method

Laying on of hands and prayer.

Results

One amputee treated in March 1996 has been without pain for 12 months, after 50 years of acute pain in an amputated foot.

Conclusion

There are an estimated ½ million amputees in the USA, not to mention Great Britain, the Gulf and Vietnam. Further research is required including a controlled clinical trial.

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