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Old 04-05-2014, 08:13 PM
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I don't want to pour cold water on anyone's interest in this pain centre but it came up ages ago on these boards when it was first opened and I researched the doctors they have. I can't find my post so I will just very quickly say that I don't think this place really has anything like the specialist CRPS experience it claims.

The lead doctor's key clinical specialism is implanting spinal cord stimulators and spinal pain. That should tell you what the general "tone" of their treatment approach is likely to be. There is one doc who claims to have specialist CRPS knowledge but he isn't one of the regular names that appears on the quality research or clinical papers. The others doesn't seem to have any particular CRPS experience.

Don't let the fact it's called an "Institute"lead you to think it is necessarily anything special. It is a pain clinic but I don't see evidence of any true specialist CRPS expertise. There are specialist centres in the US but this isn't one of them.

Before spending a lot of money and energy, I think it would be wise to do plenty of research on the clinic and its doctors. If you want to see CRPS specialists, I think there are other places you could look at in the US. You need to think really hard about what exactly you are wanting/expecting to get out of going to see these or any other doctors at this stage in your CRPS journey. Be honest with yourself about that and search to see whether there is somewhere else that could suit your particular needs and goals better.
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