The doctors of Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, located on Park Avenue South in Manhattan @ 31st Street
in New York and on Millburn Avenue in Millburn, New Jersey, is a pain treatment and pain management centre with
state of the art technology and board certified doctors which can
provide treatment and pain management for your phantom limb pain.
Phantom limb pain is a chronic pain caused by in an absent limb. The
precise reason has not been determined. Phantom limb sensation
occurs in almost all amputees. It must be distinguished from phantom
limb pain itself.
Phantom pain sensation can range from tingling sensations to severe
sharp, stabbing pain that can only be controlled via professional
pain management.
The treatment and
management of phantom limb pain is an serious problem that should be
treated as soon as possible to prevent more permanent plastic
changes occurring within the nervous system. Treatments include
NSAIDS, narcotics, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants. Many
different nerve blocks have been tried and deemed successful. The
effectiveness of nerve blocks is based on anecdotal reports.
Regional blocks, neuraxial opioids, sympathetic nerve blocks, and
dorsal column stimulators have been used with various degrees of
effectiveness
If you are seeking a pain management specialists, the pain
management doctors of Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of Manhattan, New York and Millburn, New Jersey would be happy to see you for a consultation and help you learn
about the treatment options available to you for your phantom limb
pain.
