Phantom limb pain is the very real, sometimes excruciating pain and discomfort that occurs after a limb has been amputated. As many as 80 percent of amputees experience it. For some, it is accompanied by a related issue: residual limb pain, which refers to pain in the part of a limb that remains after amputation.  Listen in to this conversation between two experts: Kiera Roche, a life-long athlete whose right leg was amputated below her knee after a car accident and Keren Fisher, a psychologist who researches this type of pain and helps people adjust to limb difference.

Related Links:

Limb Power: Advocacy for individuals with limb difference

The Financial Times: Breakthrough in amputation narrows gap between human and machine

Amplitude Magazine: New Wrinkles in Phantom Limb Treatment

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