Some say that therapies profoundly changed their lives for the better. Most patients start on medication, and early intervention is key, according to Keith Myers, chief of physical medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. "Addressing [phantom pain] early may avoid a syndrome where pain centers in the brain become acupuncture and back pain overly sensitive, leading to chronic pain," he says. One technique is transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, in which a magnet placed on the patient's head produces a weak current that travels to the brain's surface. "This changes activity of nerve cells that correlate with where the amputated limb was," Giordano says. A small study published in 2011 found that TMS can produce long-lasting relief from phantom pain. A similar therapy, which is more targeted and goes deeper into the brain than TMS, sometimes yields better results. In this approach, electrodes implanted in the brain send currents to regions associated wit

Some say that therapies profoundly changed their lives for the better. Most patients start on medication, and early intervention is key, according to Keith Myers, chief of physical medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. "Addressing [phantom pain] early may avoid a syndrome where pain centers in the brain become acupuncture and back pain overly sensitive, leading to chronic pain," he says. One technique is transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, in which a magnet placed on the patient's head produces a weak current that travels to the brain's surface. "This changes activity of nerve cells that correlate with where the amputated limb was," Giordano says. A small study published in 2011 found that TMS can produce long-lasting relief from phantom pain. A similar therapy, which is more targeted and goes deeper into the brain than TMS, sometimes yields better results. In this approach, electrodes implanted in the brain send currents to regions associated wit

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