END THE PAIN PROJECT MIRROR THERAPY WORKSHOPS EXPAND TO SIERRA LEONE

Jean Luc Ngambre training Mondeh Abdulaziz

Cutting off peoples’ limbs, in most cases their hands, was one of the brutal strategies used by members of the Revolutionary United Front to terrify people to support them during the 1991-2002 civil war in Sierra Leone. 

Some 27,000 Sierra Leoneans are estimated to have been disabled or have had one or more limbs amputated during that time. Many of these amputees still suffer phantom limb pain years after the war.

End The Pain Project addresses this lingering problem with the training of Mondeh Abdulaziz on November 19-20, 2016 by ETPP Senior Trainer Jean Luc Ngambre in Burera District, Rwanda. 

 Mondeh Abdulaziz, Mirror Therapy Practitioner

Mr. Abdulaziz received certification as an ETPP Mirror Therapy Practitioner on December 5, 2016 and will offer the effective pain-eliminating therapy at peer-to-peer workshops for amputees  in Sierra Leone upon his return.

Sierra Leone now joins Rwanda as part of ETPP Pan-Africa headed by Jean Luc Ngambre.

Huso, an upper limb Bosnian amputee in mirror session

Huso, an upper arm Bosnian amputee, was introduced to mirror therapy at an End The Pain Project workshop given in the Sarajevo headquarters of Hope '87, September '13. At the time he had been suffering phantom pain for over twenty years, a legacy from the war in Bosnia during the '90s.

Huso practiced the mirror therapy at home for thirty days, following a two times a day for fifteen minutes each session schedule. The outcome as Huso happily reports, is that the pain is reduced about 75% from what he had been experiencing.

Free Mirror Therapy Offered to Boston Marathon Amputees to Relieve Phantom Limb Pain

End The Pain Project, a non-profit organization, has created a special outreach project offering Free Mirror Therapy to Boston Marathon Amputees who are experiencing Phantom Limb Pain. The sooner this therapy is experienced, the sooner the relief and healing begins. Out of respect, ETPP will not solicit these maimed.
 

So we urge you to share this information on Facebook and Twitter in the hopes that it will reach a Boston Marathon Amputee in need. To donate to this effective ETPP Outreach Project, click on http://endthepainproject.org/

.For further information contact info@endthepainproject.org. Thank you for your support.

The Homunculus and Remapping Video Clip

ANDREW T. AUSTIN EXPLAINS BRAIN REMAPPING AND AN 

ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO RELIEVE UPPER LIMB PHANTOM

PAIN

Phantom Limb Contractures Chart & Video Clip

These are eight of a number of different phantom limb contractures. The missing limb may feel as if it is in a 
distorted and painful position.  Ramachandran and Blakeslee describe that some people's representations of 
their limbs do not actually match what they should be, 
for example, one amputee reported that her phantom arm 
was about "6 inches too short".  (Ramachandran & Blakeslee 1998). 

ANDREW T. AUSTIN DEMONSTRATES A PHANTOM LIMB 
CONTRACTURE AND A METHOD TO UNCURL IT.

Uncurling a Phantom Limb Contracture

Andrew T. Austin, respected NLP Master Practitioner, has found a way to uncurl or retract an upper phantom limb to enable effective mirror therapy.