UCT researcher goes out on a limb to deal with 'phantom' pain

Pain researcher and physiotherapist, Maxwell Katleho Limakatso, with Nico Oosthuizen - who suffers from phantom limb pain. Picture ESSA ALEXANDER
Pain researcher and physiotherapist, Maxwell Katleho Limakatso, with Nico Oosthuizen - who suffers from phantom limb pain. Picture ESSA ALEXANDER
University of Cape Town physiotherapist and award-winning pain researcher‚ Maxwell Katleho Limakatso‚ has showed how simple therapies can dramatically reduce phantom limb pain among patients who have undergone amputation‚ in a new study he is conducting in Cape Town.
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