Patent ID: 8911343

Claim:
A smart-phone based method for alleviating phantom limb discomfort in a subject with at least one phantom limb the method comprising: (a) acquiring a moving image of a continuous portion of the subject including at least a half-torso adjacent the at least one phantom limb, the at least one phantom limb, a half torso adjacent a complementary healthy limb corresponding to the at least one phantom limb, and the complementary healthy limb in a particular mode of use; (b) using a digital imaging program for obtaining a composite moving image of the subject by deleting a moving image of the half-torso adjacent the at least one phantom limb and the at least one phantom limb, and placing a flopped moving image of the half torso adjacent the complementary healthy limb corresponding to the at least one phantom limb and the complementary healthy limb in the particular mode of use in place of the deleted moving image, melding the flopped moving image where it abuts the continuous portion of the moving image of the half torso adjacent the complementary healthy limb wherein the complementary healthy limb has a portion that is unmodified; and (c) displaying the composite moving image of the subject for the subject's viewing, wherein the composite moving image is a therapeutic video, free of diagrammatic depictions, bisection lines, prompts and other program notes; wherein steps (a), (b), and (c) are performed by a smart phone.