Discussion»Questions»Health and Wellness» Does ANYBODY believe that a device that shines light on your owee, or one that shocks your muscles, can QUELL pain???
Pain is a curious phenomenon, because it is a neural INTERPRETATION of nerve signals (or, sometimes, the absence of nerve signals, as in "phantom limb" pain).
While I am skeptical of ANY medical procedure which hasn't been subjected to fairly rigorous testing (because the placebo effect is SO powerful), I won't dismiss the possibility of light or electrical stimuli altering how our brain interprets nerve signals and generates the experience of pain.