Mirror image contralateral pain reproduction--other cases.(Letter to the editor)

Acupuncture in Medicine | July 1, 2006| | Copyright

Editor--I read with interest the letter describing a lady who experienced pain in the contralateral elbow when receiving acupuncture treatment for 'golfer's elbow'. (1) It reminded me of an article I read regarding case reports of treating phantom limb pain in amputees, (2) using acupuncture in the mirror image of the painful points in the intact limb. I have since several times applied this principle to my practice. Anecdotally, I have treated myself for pain due to a sprained ankle by needling the mirror image of the painful points in the normal ankle. I had not been able ...

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