Title: Trying to Solve the Puzzle that is Neuroma Pain | Amputee Store
Headings: Trying to Solve the Puzzle that is Neuroma Pain
Trying to Solve the Puzzle that is Neuroma Pain
What is a Neuroma?
What are the Symptoms?
How is it diagnosed?
Treatment
Massage Therapy
Vibration
Percussion/Finger Tapping
Acupuncture
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Surgery
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Content: Along with fibrous repair tissue, they form a tumor, normally non-malignant, which becomes a visible bump under your residual limb’s skin. Since nerves are the parts of our body in charge of transmitting sensations, neuromas can be extremely sensitive to touch, especially when pressed against a foreign object, like your prosthesis. What are the Symptoms? A neuroma usually presents as a growth that can be tender to the touch, found under the skin of your residual limb. The pain commonly presents as a shooting sensation whenever the residual limb presses against the prosthesis while walking. Occasionally, neuroma pain occurs even without internal or external stimulation. Different individuals have varying experiences with neuromas. Some don’t even discover that they have it, as they feel no pain at all. Depending on its size or where the neuroma is located, some are asymptomatic, especially when the severed nerves are located at a point far back under the muscle where it is not subject to a lot of pressure or manipulation. Some experience mild pain.