Medicine
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Phantom Limb Pain
Quick fact
Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) not only reduces phantom limb pain by over 90% in many patients, but it also gives them a direct mental map to control bionic prosthetics as if they were their own limb.
Why this is interesting
Imagine losing a limb, yet feeling it ache or itch in places that no longer exist. Could rerouting your remaining nerves to unused muscles trick your brain into turning off that ghost pain?