Imagine you are working with a veteran who was injured in battle and had to have her fingers on one arm amputated. In your conversations with this veteran, she tells you that she now feels pain, pressure and tingling sensations in her amputated fingers. She also tells you that she thinks she can also feel these fingers when she touches her forehead. This veteran is perplexed by these experiences as she feels she is losing her mind. What would you tell this veteran based on what you learned about phantom limb syndrome and neuroplasticity? Also, if you were working with her rehabilitation therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team, what treatment would you recommend based on the work of Dr. V. S. Ramachandran? Why?

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