tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post1623475439165666079..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Pain, Captain, is a thing of the mindJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-38734512830348043152011-07-14T10:24:32.436-04:002011-07-14T10:24:32.436-04:00http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/0806...http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande<br /><br />Forgot the link.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051024382193588456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-63821009894963179552011-07-14T10:23:59.324-04:002011-07-14T10:23:59.324-04:00Have you read this article in the New Yorker? It s...Have you read this article in the New Yorker? It starts about itching, but then gets into the subject of pain, and discusses how lots of back pain really is "in the head," in some sense, but not due to psychological problems - its a bit like phantom limb sensation. There is also a section on how they are successfully treating some phantom limb pain by using mirrors to trick the brain into sewing the limb as there but unharmed...Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051024382193588456noreply@blogger.com