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Old 05-03-2016, 05:24 PM
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This might be a little too far for you but in Pittsburgh there is something called the Children's Institute. It is a facility that offers inpatient and outpatient services. There are only 4 other facilities like this in the country.

They offer a program called pain rehabilitation that focuses on conditions like CRPS. You can do this as an inpatient and the program is usually two to four weeks which gives you plenty of time to complete it and be ready for college. They have a variety of different types of therapists including your traditional physical and occupational therapists, but they also have pain psychologists, music therapists, and a few more. They also have what they call "educational support" which I believe will be able to offer suggestions on adapting your classes and studying habits.

Honestly I wish they offered this for adults because I would love something like this. I do not see anything about an age cutoff but I'm sure one phone call can answer that.

CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) has such an amazing reputation so I can imagine any program offered there would be an excellent choice. One of my sister's friends is a nursing director there and has nothing but positive things to say about the hospital. But there program has a cutoff age of 18 so I'm not sure if you would qualify.

Unfortunately you are in that in between age where you aren't a pediatric patient but you aren't really an adult patient. Whichever option you choose I wish you the best of luck. College can be a lot of fun and I hope you get to enjoy it and be pain free!
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