The treatment of phantom pain is difficult. No one treatment has shown to be effective in a majority of sufferers. Fortunately, there are treatment approaches that may be helpful in some patients. Stump Pain Stump pain is located at the end of an amputated limb's stump. Unlike phantom pain, it occurs in the body part that actually exists, in the stump that remains.
Stump pain is due to a damaged nerve in the stump region.
Nerves damaged in the amputation surgery try to heal and may form abnormally sensitive regions, called neuromas . A neuroma can cause pain and skin sensitivity. No one treatment has been shown to be effective for stump pain. If the stump pain affects a limb, revision of the prosthesis is sometimes beneficial.