![]() Advances in surgical nerve repair allow us to treat and potentially fix nerve pain at the source - a hopeful solution for giving chronic nerve pain sufferers their lives back. The challenge with prescription painkillers is they only temporarily mask the symptoms of pain rather than address and fix the cause, which is nerve damage.įor many of my patients, it’s unrealistic and unsustainable to be on a lifetime prescription of painkillers. For many, the only option they may be offered is to manage their pain with prescription painkillers. Left unaddressed, it can be a lifelong condition. 'Don't make it sad': Army Ranger mindset, tough-as-nails wife kept Savannah triple amputee strongįollowing an amputation, 60% to 80% of people experience debilitating and life-altering phantom limb pain. This National Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness month, I’m raising awareness of this little-known but common symptom to make people aware of potential treatment options.Ĭhris lost his arm in a work accident when his hand got caught in a machine. A husband and father living in Jesup, Chris was suffering from phantom limb pain - a common experience for the 2.1 million Americans living with chronic nerve pain after limb loss. Other times, I felt like my ‘arm’ was getting crushed,” my patient Chris explained to me.Ĭhris is not alone. ![]() Sometimes, it felt like my ‘arm’ was on fire, it was burning. “It felt like a bolt of lightning was shooting down my arm - an arm that was no longer there. Gregory Kolovich, an orthopedic and peripheral nerve surgeon at Optim Orthopedics.
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