Post Traumatic Pain
Patients often describe post-traumatic pain as “burning,” “an unpleasant tingling,” or “numbness,” which are symptoms that resemble other nerve pain conditions like shingles. Some of the more common symptoms of post-traumatic pain include: Continuous burning or throbbing pain, usually in an arm, hand, leg, or foot.
Common treatments for trauma pain include: Is surgery required to treat post-traumatic pain? Surgical intervention to relieve chronic pain associated with post-traumatic pain is usually the last step in post-traumatic pain management options. The need for surgery, while rare, may occur in specific cases, such as post-traumatic arthritis.