Mirror box therapy was originally developed for the relief of Phantom Limb Pain, but has been proven in the treatment of stroke rehabilitation, and complex regional pain syndrome, as well as for hand and foot rehabilitation following an injury or surgery.
A mirror box is a box with two mirrors in the center (one facing each way), invented and uses the principle of visual feedback to alleviate limb pain.
In this, the patient places the good limb into one side, and the stump into the other. The patient then looks into the mirror on the side with good limb and sees the reflection of good limb in place of stump. Because the subject is seeing the reflected image of the good hand moving, it appears as if the phantom limb is also moving.
Through the use of this artificial visual feedback it becomes possible for the patient to “move” the phantom limb, and to unclench it from potentially painful positions.
Studies have found that use of the mirror box can eliminate the remapping associated with phantom limb pains.
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Mirror therapy was first described by V.S. Ramachandran, but has since been proven in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) / RSD, and stroke rehabilitation, as well as for hand and foot rehabilitation following an injury or surgery. mirrorboxtherapy[dot]com is a good place to start; it has lots of information and a link to where you can purchase a mirror box.