WEBVTT 00:02.633 --> 00:04.399 >>> FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM 00:04.467 --> 00:06.065 PAIN IN THEIR LIMBS OR HAVE 00:06.133 --> 00:07.466 ALTOGETHER LOST THE ABILITY TO 00:07.533 --> 00:08.665 USE THEM, ONE UNIQUE TYPE OF 00:08.733 --> 00:10.466 THERAPY MAY OFFER RELIEF. 00:10.533 --> 00:12.132 THROUGH THE USE OF A SIMPLE 00:12.200 --> 00:13.632 MIRROR, THE BRAIN CAN BE TRICKED 00:13.700 --> 00:15.499 INTO PERCEIVING A DISABLED LIMB 00:15.566 --> 00:16.499 AS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND 00:16.566 --> 00:18.099 WITHOUT PAIN. 00:18.166 --> 00:19.765 SOME PATIENTS EVEN EXPERIENCE 00:19.833 --> 00:21.366 RELIEF AFTER JUST A SINGLE 00:21.433 --> 00:22.932 SESSION OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS 00:23.000 --> 00:24.632 MIRROR THERAPY. 00:24.700 --> 00:25.866 REPORTER BRIANA VANNOZZI HAS THE 00:25.933 --> 00:27.999 STORY. 00:28.066 --> 00:30.899 >> SO HIS BRAIN IS THINKING THAT 00:30.967 --> 00:31.765 IT'S HIS RIGHT HAND THAT'S DOING 00:31.833 --> 00:33.099 IT. 00:33.166 --> 00:34.932 SO WE'RE USING THAT ILLUSION. 00:35.000 --> 00:36.799 >> THERE'S NO FANCY TOOLS, NO 00:36.867 --> 00:38.165 HIGH-TECH GEAR, JUST A PATIENT, 00:38.233 --> 00:40.399 A THERAPIST, AND A MIRROR. 00:40.467 --> 00:42.499 >> WE USE GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY 00:42.566 --> 00:44.699 TO WORK WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE 00:44.766 --> 00:47.832 EITHER LOST THE ABILITY TO USE A 00:47.900 --> 00:50.831 LIMB OR HAVE PAIN IN THE LIMB. 00:50.899 --> 00:53.032 >> I HAVE AN ONGOING CONDITION 00:53.100 --> 00:55.232 OF BOTH SPINAL STENOSIS, WHICH 00:55.300 --> 00:57.598 IS A TIGHTENING OF THE CANAL 00:57.666 --> 00:59.366 INSIDE YOUR SPINE THAT KIND OF 00:59.434 --> 01:00.898 PRESSES ON YOUR CORD, AND IT 01:00.966 --> 01:02.166 BLOCKS THE MESSAGES FROM YOUR 01:02.233 --> 01:03.831 BRAIN. 01:03.899 --> 01:07.499 OH, FIRST TRY. 01:07.566 --> 01:09.166 >> GOOD. 01:09.233 --> 01:10.798 >> BASICALLY, PART OF IT IS THE 01:10.866 --> 01:13.499 MIRROR THERAPY WHERE YOU ARE 01:13.566 --> 01:16.299 USING AN IMAGE OF THE GOOD ARM 01:16.367 --> 01:17.665 AND YOU'RE IMAGING IT IN THE 01:17.732 --> 01:18.598 MIRROR AND TRYING TO TRICK THE 01:18.666 --> 01:19.399 BRAIN. 01:19.467 --> 01:20.366 IT'S LIKE AN ILLUSION THAT 01:20.434 --> 01:22.332 YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR OTHER 01:22.400 --> 01:23.433 HAND. 01:23.500 --> 01:24.665 >> SEVERAL SURGERIES AND MORE 01:24.732 --> 01:26.332 THAN A YEAR LATER, BOB 01:26.400 --> 01:28.266 MCKEEFERY, A LONGTIME FISHERMAN, 01:28.333 --> 01:30.032 WAS LEFT WITH CONSTANT PAIN AND 01:30.100 --> 01:31.099 LITTLE MOBILITY IN HIS RIGHT 01:31.167 --> 01:32.598 HAND. 01:32.666 --> 01:34.232 >> I COULD MOVE MY RIGHT ARM, 01:34.300 --> 01:34.998 BUT I COULDN'T MOVE MY RIGHT 01:35.067 --> 01:37.299 HAND. 01:37.367 --> 01:38.831 SO THREE OF MY DIGITS, THE LAST 01:38.899 --> 01:40.499 THREE, WERE LIKE FROZEN SHUT AND 01:40.566 --> 01:42.698 TWO WERE FROZEN OPEN. 01:42.766 --> 01:44.166 >> HE STARTED THERAPY JUST A 01:44.233 --> 01:45.932 WEEK AGO, AND THE GRADED MOTOR 01:45.999 --> 01:47.266 IMAGERY, OR MIRROR THERAPY, 01:47.333 --> 01:50.466 PROVED AN INSTANT SUCCESS. 01:50.534 --> 01:51.631 >> THERE WE GO. 01:51.699 --> 01:54.099 THERE WE GO. 01:54.167 --> 01:55.032 >> ALL MY PAIN. 01:55.100 --> 01:56.466 A YEAR'S WORTH OF PAIN WENT AWAY 01:56.534 --> 01:58.232 IN ONE DAY. 01:58.300 --> 02:00.232 >> THERE IS A MEMORY THERE AND 02:00.300 --> 02:01.565 THERE WAS AN ESTABLISHED 02:01.632 --> 02:03.533 PATHWAY, THAT IF YOU CAN TAP 02:03.599 --> 02:06.266 INTO THAT USING VISION AND THE 02:06.333 --> 02:07.965 ILLUSION, THEN HOPEFULLY YOU CAN 02:08.033 --> 02:09.831 ESTABLISH PATHWAYS OR EVEN USE 02:09.899 --> 02:12.299 OTHER PATHWAYS. 02:12.367 --> 02:13.798 >> BOB IS USING MUSCLES AND 02:13.866 --> 02:15.232 PERFORMING MOVEMENTS HE THOUGHT 02:15.300 --> 02:17.099 TO BE LONG GONE. 02:17.167 --> 02:18.831 >> IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LAST WEEK 02:18.899 --> 02:22.631 FOR ME TO DO THIS. 02:22.699 --> 02:26.299 I COULD NOT -- PALM UP. 02:26.367 --> 02:27.798 THERE WE GO. 02:27.866 --> 02:29.965 >> THE BRAIN IS FOCUSING 02:30.033 --> 02:31.199 DIFFERENTLY ON THE LIMB AND 02:31.267 --> 02:32.299 POSSIBLY SENDING DIFFERENT 02:32.367 --> 02:33.631 MESSAGES. 02:33.699 --> 02:34.865 WHEN I WORK WITH PATIENTS, 02:34.933 --> 02:36.166 THEY OFTEN SAY THEY FEEL A 02:36.233 --> 02:37.433 CONNECTION, A DIFFERENT 02:37.500 --> 02:38.865 CONNECTION WAS MADE. 02:38.933 --> 02:40.299 >> PATIENTS TAKE THE MOVEMENT 02:40.367 --> 02:41.565 THERAPY HOME AND USE IT IN 02:41.632 --> 02:42.932 CONJUNCTION WITH OCCUPATIONAL 02:42.999 --> 02:44.965 AND VISUALIZATION THERAPIES. 02:45.033 --> 02:46.132 >> FOR TEN MINUTES A DAY, 02:46.200 --> 02:47.865 SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, THEY THINK 02:47.933 --> 02:49.099 OF SOMETHING THAT THEY USED TO 02:49.167 --> 02:50.232 DO WITH THAT ARM THAT REALLY 02:50.300 --> 02:51.698 MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM. 02:51.766 --> 02:52.765 >> FOR BOB -- 02:52.833 --> 02:55.499 >> IT WOULD BE PICK UP MY 02:55.566 --> 02:57.465 GRANDCHILDREN, WHICH I'M NOT 02:57.533 --> 02:59.698 ALLOWED DURING THIS CRISIS. 02:59.766 --> 03:03.732 AND THEY ARE 1 AND 3. 03:03.799 --> 03:05.798 >> HE'S ONE STEP CLOSER.