WE GET MORE FROM OUR MEDICAL    
CORRESPONDENT DR. JOHN TORRES.  
>> SIX MONTHS AGO PIERRE        
MARTIN'S LEFT ARM WAS IN SUCH   
EXCRUCIATING PAIN HE COULDN'T   
LIFT A KITCHEN SKILLET LET ALONE
THIS DESK.                      
>> IT WAS GETTING WORSE AND     
WORSE AND WORSE.                
>> THE 57-YEAR-OLD DIDN'T WANT  
TO MASK THE PROBLEM WITH PAIN   
KILLERS SO HE STUCK IT OUT,     
UNTIL HE FOUND DR. KIM BULLOCK  
AT STANFORD WHO OFFERED HIM AN  
UNCONVENTIONAL TREATMENT.       
>> YOU SEE BOTH HANDS ARE MOVING
TOGETHER.                       
>> VIRTUAL REALITY WITH HIGH    
TECH GOGGLES OFTEN ASSOCIATED   
WITH RID YO YAMS, NOT USED FOR  
SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.         
>> I'M FINDING MOST SURPRISING  
AND PROMISING IS THE AMOUNT OF  
PAIN RELIEF PEOPLE ARE HAVING.  
>> Reporter: DR. BULLOCK, A     
NEURO PSYCHIATRIST, SAYS SHE    
MADE THE REMARKABLE STUDY BY    
ACCIDENT WHILE STUDYING VIRTUAL 
REALITY FOR CONDITIONS OF       
ANXIETY.                        
A WELCOME SIDE EFFECT, THAT     
CHRONIC PAIN DIE APPEARED.      
>> THEY HAD PAIN RELIEF FOR AT  
LEAST A WEEK, AND FOR MANY FOR  
MONTHS.                         
>> Reporter: WHAT ARE PATIENTS  
DOING IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD?     
>> FOR PIERRE HE IS MOVING HIS  
PAIN FREE ARM.                  
WHEN HE LOOKS THROUGH THE GOGGLE
ALSO HE SEES THE INJURED ARM    
DOING THE CASE, IN THIS CASE    
TRYING TO POP BALLOONS FLOATING 
AROUND HIM.                     
HE SAYS AFTER FIVE SESSIONS HIS 
PAIN DISAPPEAR.                 
>> THE COST TO ME WAS MINIMUM.  
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND 
NO SIDE EFFECTS.                
>> Reporter: DR. SEAN MACKEY,   
ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP EXPERTS 
SAYS THE TREATMENT WORKS BY     
TRICKING THE BRAIN.             
>> AND THAT'S WHERE THE         
EXCITEMENT FOR VR COMES IN, IS  
THE OPPORTUNITY TO REWIRE OUR   
BRAINS INTO A MORE NORMAL STATE 
SO THAT WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING  
AS MUCH PAIN.                   
IS THIS THE FUTURE OF PAIN      
MANAGEMENT?                     
I THINK TEXAS SOUTHERN ONE OF   
THE FUTURES OF PAIN MANAGEMENT. 
>> Reporter: FOR PATIENTS L     
