It’s hard to imagine, suffering from phantom limb pain for 54 years and having the pain end overnight. After a severe operation left him with a tremendous amount of pain, Jim, a 72-year-old above-knee amputee, tried everything to alleviate it, even countless painkillers prescribed by his doctor. After years of suffering he decided to try a different approach.
Last year Jim ordered his first Farabloc limb cover and since, reports only having one minor pain episode. His quality of life has improved so greatly he swears his next prosthesis will have Farabloc incorporated right into the socket.
Farabloc is a fabric that looks and feels like linen, made of extremely fine stainless steel fibers and nylon. Freider Kempe, the product’s originator, developed it to help reduce the excruciating phantom pain that his father, a WWII amputee, suffered. Kempe based his product on the principles laid out by Michael Faraday, the inventor of the Faraday Cage, and determined that creating a magnetic barrier could block out the electro-magnetic field that seemed to be an irritant to the scarred tissue on the amputated limb. Kempe soon found that the patented weave also helped with circulation and muscle relaxation.
Tony van der Waarde, CP, owner of Award Prosthetics, and his team have been successfully laminating Farabloc directly into prosthetic sockets for the past ten years. This process neither weakens the overall socket, nor does it add any significant weight.
Farabloc has undergone 25 years of research with published papers in such leading journals as the Clinical Journal of Pain and the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. These studies suggested that Farabloc alleviates pains associated with phantom limb pain, muscle soreness, as well as Fibromyalgia. Countless testimonials from doctors and end users say the same.
To learn more about Farabloc visit www.farabloc.com; information about laminating Farabloc into prosthetic sockets can be found at www.awardprosthetics.com.