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Phantom pain affects between 40% to 80% of amputee patients. This article will inform the reader by defining phantom pain, identifying the causes of phantom pain, and exploring treatment options.

Even decades after amputation, the brain is still structured as if the hand were there, casting new light on ‘phantom limb’ phenomenon.

Phantom limb pain is one of those conditions that is nearly impossible to understand unless you have experienced it. How can you explain feeling sensations in

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Phantom Limb Company is a NYC based, multi-media theatrical company known for its puppetry and collaborative design. Co-founded in 2007 by artist, director and set designer Jessica Grindstaff and composer and puppet maker Erik Sanko, Phantom Limb has been lauded for its unconventional approach to this venerable format with a particular focus on combining the body, dance and puppetry.

Understanding why the brain feels pain in the location of an amputated limb may help diminish the discomfort.

Haiku #12: Not Even There I am filled with pain You’re out of sight but not of mind You’re my phantom limb. I remember learning about Phantom Limb Syndrome back in our Psychology subject in college. It is the syndrome where you feel sensations and pain in a limb that doesn’t exist anymore. It’s really sad because you need more than analgesics to treat the pain. It’s more sad that you feel it even after it’s gone- so much like someone you know.