1 00:00:02,633 --> 00:00:04,399 >>> FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM 2 00:00:04,467 --> 00:00:06,065 PAIN IN THEIR LIMBS OR HAVE 3 00:00:06,133 --> 00:00:07,466 ALTOGETHER LOST THE ABILITY TO 4 00:00:07,533 --> 00:00:08,665 USE THEM, ONE UNIQUE TYPE OF 5 00:00:08,733 --> 00:00:10,466 THERAPY MAY OFFER RELIEF. 6 00:00:10,533 --> 00:00:12,132 THROUGH THE USE OF A SIMPLE 7 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,632 MIRROR, THE BRAIN CAN BE TRICKED 8 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:15,499 INTO PERCEIVING A DISABLED LIMB 9 00:00:15,566 --> 00:00:16,499 AS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND 10 00:00:16,566 --> 00:00:18,099 WITHOUT PAIN. 11 00:00:18,166 --> 00:00:19,765 SOME PATIENTS EVEN EXPERIENCE 12 00:00:19,833 --> 00:00:21,366 RELIEF AFTER JUST A SINGLE 13 00:00:21,433 --> 00:00:22,932 SESSION OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS 14 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:24,632 MIRROR THERAPY. 15 00:00:24,700 --> 00:00:25,866 REPORTER BRIANA VANNOZZI HAS THE 16 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:27,999 STORY. 17 00:00:28,066 --> 00:00:30,899 >> SO HIS BRAIN IS THINKING THAT 18 00:00:30,967 --> 00:00:31,765 IT'S HIS RIGHT HAND THAT'S DOING 19 00:00:31,833 --> 00:00:33,099 IT. 20 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:34,932 SO WE'RE USING THAT ILLUSION. 21 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,799 >> THERE'S NO FANCY TOOLS, NO 22 00:00:36,867 --> 00:00:38,165 HIGH-TECH GEAR, JUST A PATIENT, 23 00:00:38,233 --> 00:00:40,399 A THERAPIST, AND A MIRROR. 24 00:00:40,467 --> 00:00:42,499 >> WE USE GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY 25 00:00:42,566 --> 00:00:44,699 TO WORK WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE 26 00:00:44,766 --> 00:00:47,832 EITHER LOST THE ABILITY TO USE A 27 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:50,831 LIMB OR HAVE PAIN IN THE LIMB. 28 00:00:50,899 --> 00:00:53,032 >> I HAVE AN ONGOING CONDITION 29 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:55,232 OF BOTH SPINAL STENOSIS, WHICH 30 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:57,598 IS A TIGHTENING OF THE CANAL 31 00:00:57,666 --> 00:00:59,366 INSIDE YOUR SPINE THAT KIND OF 32 00:00:59,434 --> 00:01:00,898 PRESSES ON YOUR CORD, AND IT 33 00:01:00,966 --> 00:01:02,166 BLOCKS THE MESSAGES FROM YOUR 34 00:01:02,233 --> 00:01:03,831 BRAIN. 35 00:01:03,899 --> 00:01:07,499 OH, FIRST TRY. 36 00:01:07,566 --> 00:01:09,166 >> GOOD. 37 00:01:09,233 --> 00:01:10,798 >> BASICALLY, PART OF IT IS THE 38 00:01:10,866 --> 00:01:13,499 MIRROR THERAPY WHERE YOU ARE 39 00:01:13,566 --> 00:01:16,299 USING AN IMAGE OF THE GOOD ARM 40 00:01:16,367 --> 00:01:17,665 AND YOU'RE IMAGING IT IN THE 41 00:01:17,732 --> 00:01:18,598 MIRROR AND TRYING TO TRICK THE 42 00:01:18,666 --> 00:01:19,399 BRAIN. 43 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:20,366 IT'S LIKE AN ILLUSION THAT 44 00:01:20,434 --> 00:01:22,332 YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR OTHER 45 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,433 HAND. 46 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:24,665 >> SEVERAL SURGERIES AND MORE 47 00:01:24,732 --> 00:01:26,332 THAN A YEAR LATER, BOB 48 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,266 MCKEEFERY, A LONGTIME FISHERMAN, 49 00:01:28,333 --> 00:01:30,032 WAS LEFT WITH CONSTANT PAIN AND 50 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:31,099 LITTLE MOBILITY IN HIS RIGHT 51 00:01:31,167 --> 00:01:32,598 HAND. 52 00:01:32,666 --> 00:01:34,232 >> I COULD MOVE MY RIGHT ARM, 53 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:34,998 BUT I COULDN'T MOVE MY RIGHT 54 00:01:35,067 --> 00:01:37,299 HAND. 55 00:01:37,367 --> 00:01:38,831 SO THREE OF MY DIGITS, THE LAST 56 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:40,499 THREE, WERE LIKE FROZEN SHUT AND 57 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:42,698 TWO WERE FROZEN OPEN. 58 00:01:42,766 --> 00:01:44,166 >> HE STARTED THERAPY JUST A 59 00:01:44,233 --> 00:01:45,932 WEEK AGO, AND THE GRADED MOTOR 60 00:01:45,999 --> 00:01:47,266 IMAGERY, OR MIRROR THERAPY, 61 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:50,466 PROVED AN INSTANT SUCCESS. 62 00:01:50,534 --> 00:01:51,631 >> THERE WE GO. 63 00:01:51,699 --> 00:01:54,099 THERE WE GO. 64 00:01:54,167 --> 00:01:55,032 >> ALL MY PAIN. 65 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:56,466 A YEAR'S WORTH OF PAIN WENT AWAY 66 00:01:56,534 --> 00:01:58,232 IN ONE DAY. 67 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:00,232 >> THERE IS A MEMORY THERE AND 68 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:01,565 THERE WAS AN ESTABLISHED 69 00:02:01,632 --> 00:02:03,533 PATHWAY, THAT IF YOU CAN TAP 70 00:02:03,599 --> 00:02:06,266 INTO THAT USING VISION AND THE 71 00:02:06,333 --> 00:02:07,965 ILLUSION, THEN HOPEFULLY YOU CAN 72 00:02:08,033 --> 00:02:09,831 ESTABLISH PATHWAYS OR EVEN USE 73 00:02:09,899 --> 00:02:12,299 OTHER PATHWAYS. 74 00:02:12,367 --> 00:02:13,798 >> BOB IS USING MUSCLES AND 75 00:02:13,866 --> 00:02:15,232 PERFORMING MOVEMENTS HE THOUGHT 76 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:17,099 TO BE LONG GONE. 77 00:02:17,167 --> 00:02:18,831 >> IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LAST WEEK 78 00:02:18,899 --> 00:02:22,631 FOR ME TO DO THIS. 79 00:02:22,699 --> 00:02:26,299 I COULD NOT -- PALM UP. 80 00:02:26,367 --> 00:02:27,798 THERE WE GO. 81 00:02:27,866 --> 00:02:29,965 >> THE BRAIN IS FOCUSING 82 00:02:30,033 --> 00:02:31,199 DIFFERENTLY ON THE LIMB AND 83 00:02:31,267 --> 00:02:32,299 POSSIBLY SENDING DIFFERENT 84 00:02:32,367 --> 00:02:33,631 MESSAGES. 85 00:02:33,699 --> 00:02:34,865 WHEN I WORK WITH PATIENTS, 86 00:02:34,933 --> 00:02:36,166 THEY OFTEN SAY THEY FEEL A 87 00:02:36,233 --> 00:02:37,433 CONNECTION, A DIFFERENT 88 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:38,865 CONNECTION WAS MADE. 89 00:02:38,933 --> 00:02:40,299 >> PATIENTS TAKE THE MOVEMENT 90 00:02:40,367 --> 00:02:41,565 THERAPY HOME AND USE IT IN 91 00:02:41,632 --> 00:02:42,932 CONJUNCTION WITH OCCUPATIONAL 92 00:02:42,999 --> 00:02:44,965 AND VISUALIZATION THERAPIES. 93 00:02:45,033 --> 00:02:46,132 >> FOR TEN MINUTES A DAY, 94 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,865 SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, THEY THINK 95 00:02:47,933 --> 00:02:49,099 OF SOMETHING THAT THEY USED TO 96 00:02:49,167 --> 00:02:50,232 DO WITH THAT ARM THAT REALLY 97 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:51,698 MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM. 98 00:02:51,766 --> 00:02:52,765 >> FOR BOB -- 99 00:02:52,833 --> 00:02:55,499 >> IT WOULD BE PICK UP MY 100 00:02:55,566 --> 00:02:57,465 GRANDCHILDREN, WHICH I'M NOT 101 00:02:57,533 --> 00:02:59,698 ALLOWED DURING THIS CRISIS. 102 00:02:59,766 --> 00:03:03,732 AND THEY ARE 1 AND 3. 103 00:03:03,799 --> 00:03:05,798 >> HE'S ONE STEP CLOSER.