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he's also tried mirror therapy, which is designed to fool the brain into thinking the missing limb is still there. >> basically what i'm doing is i am placing my hand in front of a mirror to look like my missing hand and basically matches the movements i am making and the positioning of my phantom hand with the sound hand. so i concentrate now, moving my thumb of my phantom hand and i'm going to match the movement with my sound hand. so my brain looks at this and thinks, oh, you're moving that missing thumb and other, there's a thumb. not so missing anymore. >> it's a temporary relief from the discomfort. but the larger question looms in his mind. could he ever get back to doing the things he loved like biking or flying his own plane? >> i'm 55 years old. i'll be darned if i'm going to waste a single day and, you
in miles' case, if you touch his chest, he feels it in his missing arm. >> when i do this, i feel it in the tip of my fingers. when i do this, i feel my fingers and there's a place in the bottom of my heel that i discovered in a massage. >> the rewiring of the brain can often result in phantom pain as well. the limb may be missing but the pain is very real. >> i just got a twinge, by the way. got an electrical jolt. >> in the phantom? >> just happened. some too, i think when you're focused on it too, it tends to be more of a problem. >> these phantom sensations usually subside over time. medicine can help. and in miles' case, medical marijuana has worked the best. he's also tried mirror therapy, which is designed to fool the brain into thinking the missing limb is still there. >> basically what i'm doing is i am placing my hand in front of a