First of all. Thank you all for your kind replies and help!
I'll respond to everyone individually, and then let you all know where I'm at right now!
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Originally Posted by catra121
Well...this is a hard one.
The bottom line is that YES...you need to keep moving. Best approach is to move and rest in equal parts.
I am one who believes in physical therapy 100%...but it needs to be the right kind of physical therapy. Maybe the massages are not a good thing for you...or maybe there are some other specific exercises that are causing your pain to flare. They aren't using ice, right? That would definitely be flaring up the pain.
Out patient physical therapy is difficult because generally they do try to push patients too fast and too hard. Physical therapy for CRPS needs to be slow and steady...similar to what you are doing on your own but with someone to guide you and keep showing you the progression of those exercises so you keep improving.
I'm honestly worried that your two doctors told you to rest so much...too much resting will be very bad and even though it might seem better in the short term you will regret it later as you lose more and more function. Sounds like you were doing a good job on your own...you definitely need to discuss with the therapist that you have gotten worse after therapy and you need to slow down and take things slower so you don't set yourself back.
It's a really hard balance to find...moving enough to improve but not so much that you set yourself back. Learn your limits, learn how to push them...but pull back before exceeding them.
Take care and I hope things start to get better for you.
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Yeah. I think the massages were the cause. And the fact that the 2 sessions were so close to eachother. First one in the evening, next one the next morning. And she let me do little exercises for 30 minutes, but that's probably way too much since I hadn't used my foot for 2-3 weeks!
I'm also afraid that she isn't experienced with CRPS patients.
And no, no ice. I know we need to avoid that!
I have been taking contrast baths 4 times a day for a month now. With hot and cold water. My foot often looks better after these, but I've been reading online about them maybe not being good for CRPS...
Not sure what to do but it seems like they're not hurting. I'm gonna try a few days without the contrast baths I think...
Quote:
Originally Posted by catra121
Well...this is a hard one.
I'm honestly worried that your two doctors told you to rest so much...too much resting will be very bad and even though it might seem better in the short term you will regret it later as you lose more and more function. Sounds like you were doing a good job on your own...you definitely need to discuss with the therapist that you have gotten worse after therapy and you need to slow down and take things slower so you don't set yourself back.
It's a really hard balance to find...moving enough to improve but not so much that you set yourself back. Learn your limits, learn how to push them...but pull back before exceeding them.
Take care and I hope things start to get better for you.
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Yes. They have putten the empasis on resting too much. I think I never should've gone with the crutches, and just had to start taking it easyer...
Not moving for 2-3 weeks caused me to get a lot of function loss, and it surely didn't help with my blood circulation.
I know you're right about the balance thing. Right now I think it's probably best I keep moving, but try not to burden my foot too much. Keep moving for the blood circulation, and make sure I don't overdo it so my symptoms don't come back...