You may get well faster. New research has proven that chronic pain can cause changes in the body. With less pain you can start your rehabilitation process sooner, become mobile faster, and get your strength back more quickly. You may leave the hospital sooner. Early mobility may also improve one's results, and avoid complications such as pneumonia or blood clots.
Pain causes stress and emotional disturbances, and can interfere with sleep.
The degree of pain varies from person to person, as will the specific reasons for causing the pain. Amputees may suffer not only from phantom pain, but from a variety of conditions that will result in chronic pain problems, and can also aggravate phantom pain. Stump pain and neuromas may be caused by a number of reasons, and therefore, the treatments will be different. Abnormal and excessive stress and strain on remaining limbs, muscles and joints, may also be the source of pain. This may include a single drug or combination of medicines.