Mirror therapy may help to reduce the pain of arthritis

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Scientists have demonstrated a cheap and simple therapy that uses an optical illusion to ease joint pain and stiffness in people with arthritis. The results of a small pilot study suggest the technique could help millions of people who experience the pain of inflamed joints without resorting to higher doses of painkillers and steroids, the most common drugs used to treat the condition.

Read the full report in The guardian at :-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/14/mirror-therapy-reduces-pain-arthritis?commentpage=last#end-of-comments

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