A philosophy of "amputees helping amputees" has been the hallmark of The War Amps since 1918, when the organization was founded, until the present. The War Amps offers many innovative programs and services to amputees, their families and all Canadians. We are pleased to offer this Web site as a means for you to learn about all that we do.
http://www.waramps.ca/nac/phantom.html
... One day in early 1994 on a visit to my prosthetist,
Tony van der Waarde, I was venting my frustrations on not being able to deal
more
effectively with the phantom pain better and earlier. He told me about a
new alternative pain relief system called Farabloc.
Tony had a sample of Farabloc
which looks and feels like an ordinary piece of linen but contains extremely
thin steel fibres. The sample he gave me
was about the size of a large handkerchief. I took it home and upon my first
hint of phantom pain I wrapped it around my stump. Lo and behold the pain
was caught in the bud! I didn't need to squeeze and I didn't have to take
a pain-killer pill! ...
http://www.amputee-online.com/amputee/phantom.html
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a national, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. The ACA includes individual amputees, amputee education and support groups for amputees, professionals, family members and friends of amputees, amputation or limb loss related agencies, and organizations.
Amputee Coalition of America - Link to Pain Management and Farabloc
Whenever two or more amputees gather, the conversation sooner or later turns to the subject of phantom pain and what to do about it. Although many scientists have studied phantom pain and much has been written about it, because it is a complicated phenomenon that occurs in the brain and not in the residual limb, scientists have failed to come up with a therapy that successfully eliminates it. What remains are a wide variety of therapies that may or may not help any given individual. ...
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/communicator/vol3no1pg3.html
Despite its "ghostly" connotation, phantom sensation is most certainly a realistic, tangible event experienced by millions of amputees world wide.
Whilst the debate over what causes phantom pain continue, the debate often overshadows the bottom line: Amputees are in pain because of it.
Phantom sensation is usually experienced by most amputees at one time or another. Some of us are blessed with very little exposure to the "unpleasantries" of phantom sensation, some experience severe pain on a daily basis.
Phantom sensation is not just the feeling of having a limb when no limb is present (which usually goes away). It is a term used for any sensation or pain originating from a residual (stump) limb.
http://www.amputee-online.com/amputee/phantom.html
Farabloc is listed on page 146 of the pdf-file.
Farabloc is a proud member of the Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.org/
International Association for
the Study of Pain®,
Technical Corner from IASP Newsletter
July/August 1996
Departments of Anesthesia and Psychiatry,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,
USA
Case Reports
The first publication of documented changes in pain perception associated
with the weather was in the American Journal of Medical Sciences in 1887.
This case report described a person with phantom limb pain who concluded
that "approaching storms, dropping barometric pressure and rain were
associated with increased pain complaint" (Shutty et al. 1992). Most
investigations examining the relationship between weather and pain have studied
persons diagnosed with arthritis.
After reviewing many case reports, Rentshler reported in JAMA in 1929 that
there was strong evidence that "warm weather is beneficial and barometric
pressure changes are detrimental to patients with arthritis" (Shutty et
al. 1992). Since then many other studies have concluded that cold weather and
changes in barometric pressure contribute to increased pain in persons diagnosed
with arthritis (Hill 1972; Patberg et al. 1985; Rasker et al. 1986), although
some exceptions have been noted (van de Laar et al. 1991).
http://www.iasp-pain.org/TC96JulyAug.html
Farabloc is now included in the Worldbook Medical Encyclopedia. The Surfable
Books Project is dedicated to building a new way to do research on the web.
They build highly focused vertical information directories from existing
reference sources. Includes World Book Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Science,
and World Medical Book
http://www.s-books.com/wbmedical/32447/32579/1.htm
Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after exercise can be significantly reduced by wrapping a fabric with electromagnetic shielding properties around the relevant exercising muscles. So found a group of Canadian researchers, who experimented with a fabric made of stainless steel and nylon thread, which has proved effective in controlling phantom limb pain and may also relieve rheumatic pain. ...
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0902.htm
Note: These links are provided as a convenience only and Farabloc is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any third-party site.
Farabloc is a proud member of the Better Business Bureau and meets all standards of the Better Business Bureau Online Reliability Program. Farabloc is recognized as a 15 Year Member for many years of outstanding support.
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