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The Potential of Virtual Reality to Help Chronic Pain Patients
36:29 - 43:39 (07:09)
Researchers are exploring the possibilities of virtual reality to help relieve chronic pain by creating new neural connections that eventually help repair the dysfunctional parts of their brains. However, chronic pain patients still face stigma and restrictions in response to the opioid epidemic, making virtual reality not a replacement for medication but an additional tool for pain management.
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Researchers have found that using virtual reality can create new neural connections that eventually help repair the dysfunctional parts of the brain and alleviate chronic pain.
36:29 - 43:39 (07:09)
Chronic Pain
Summary
Researchers have found that using virtual reality can create new neural connections that eventually help repair the dysfunctional parts of the brain and alleviate chronic pain.