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Magnets and chronic pain

DELEGATES at a Liverpool conference will hear today how powerful magnets are helping to ease chronic pain.

Professor Turo Nurmikko, of Liverpool University, and his research team came to general notice in January 2011 when their work was highlighted in a BBC 2 Horizon documentary ‘The Secret World of Pain’.

Their work with local artist Rebecca Key, who has suffered chronic pain since experiencing a stroke, showed how the science of neuromodulation is opening up new possibilities in treatment for chronic pain.

Professor Nurmikko said: “Chronic pain is pain which lasts for more than six months and, in many cases, sufferers can carry this pain for the greater part of their lives.

“Our research is looking at the possibility that neuromodulation, or using powerful magnets as a means of “rewiring” certain areas of the brain, can offer positive outcomes for people for whom conventional treatments and therapies are proving ineffective.”

Rebecca Key’s life has been turned upside down by chronic pain. She said: “Since my stroke, the persistence of pain, in my left arm and down my left side has had a great effect on me as an artist and person.

“Professor Nurmikko’s work has given me hope that there is relief for me in the future.”

The conference is being held at Neurosupport, tel 0151 298 2999

www.neurosupport.org.uk

 

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