Hi Sophie,

There has been some positive research on the use of whirlpool and CRPS showing that patients who used it had significantly better improvement than those who didn't or used another modality (e-stim to muscles). Whirlpool will increase perfusion, sending more oxygen to the tissues and reduce swelling. We had one member who borrowed a whirlpool footbath and had some improvement with it. The nice thing is you can control the temp that way and add epsom if you want to. Hot tubs can be pretty hot but if you have access to one that is a comfortable temperature for you and your feet that could be helpful too. If you try a whirpool foot bath I'd go for twice a day at least, the most recent study was 3x a day.

Good luck!