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CRPS
Complex regional pain syndrome (dictionary definition)
Submitted by admin on April 26, 2008 - 8:50pm.Conditions causing patellofemoral pain but NOT interfering with the mechanics of the knee
Submitted by admin on March 4, 2008 - 10:15pm.Sites focusing on CRPS
Submitted by admin on February 8, 2008 - 10:17pm.These sites offer an authoritative overview of CRPS -
1. RSD Arena
3. International Research Foundation for RSD/CRPS
4. Neurological Associates Pain Management Centre
5. RSD Alert
The pattern in unmanaged or unmanageable CRPS
Submitted by admin on October 21, 2007 - 1:37pm.The key with managing CRPS is to catch the problem early (in Stage I) and treat it appropriately.
If the situation in Stage I does not resolve and the clinician fails to appreciate the situation, a tug of will often follows between the physiotherapist pushing the patient to 'try harder' and the patient clinging to their crutches, becoming more and more distressed with the unremitting discomfort. The patient may be accused of 'putting it on' for the sake of getting stronger addictive painkillers.
Early warning signs of CRPS
Submitted by guest on October 1, 2007 - 5:55pm.Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) seems to be unrelated to the extent or seriousness of the original insult to the knee. Often the original problem is, in the grand scheme of things, relatively trivial.
The 'reflex arc' and how it relates to CRPS
Submitted by admin on August 7, 2007 - 7:18pm.Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) was previously known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and before that it was called 'Causalgia', 'Algodystrophy' or 'Sudeck's atrophy'.
