Hi, I'm starting to panic a bit as I've developed a nerve pain in my foot after a prolotherapy injection in my spring ligament (right in the arch of my foot) and my doctor is now out of state (and the darn front staff said they'll 'try to contact him' but won't give me his number) for a week and I've been reading about how vital early treatment for CRPS is. I need some help as for what to do right now and have a whole bunch of questions.

First, when they say 'early treatment' does this mean days, weeks, months, or what?

Who should I see (physiatrist, neurologist, directory of specialists) and what do I need to tell the front staff to get seen immediately (will mentioning crps get me seen immediately?), or should I try an emergency room? What should I expect them to/give me for the initial treatment?

What can I do until I can get an appointment myself besides not walking? Should I ice and/or heat my foot? Does ibuprofin actually help the nerve or just cover up pain?
I actually have some neurontin that was prescribed to rule out a nerve injury in a previous injury. Should I take it and will it stop the actual damaging mechanism? I read pentoxifylline mentioned in another post for calming down a nerve in early crps and preventing damage, does neurontin accomplish the same thing or only cover up the pain?



Ok, sorry for the initial rush of questions, here's a bit more background. I had the prolotherapy shot 2 weeks ago, which is basically a sports medicine treatment kind of like cortisone shots but with the opposite effect, rather than killing inflammation it creates some to trigger healing in the ligament. The injection itself was pretty painful, but didn't feel like he hit any nerves; however, one interesting note is that I did have a near fainting spell a few minutes after and I have never fainted before and have no issues with needles, which makes me wonder if my nervous system had/is overreacting to the trauma. I went home and the first week I feel just a slight tingle in one spot of my foot. A week later though the pain kind of opens up and I get tingling and burning pain from the medial heel to big toe (basically along the medial plantar nerve branch) and putting weight on the inner foot creates really sharp pains and has gotten a little worse each day, even though the ligaments are back to normal which is making me very worried. I know I don't have some of the crps symptoms like sensitive skin or temperature changes yet and am not sure how quickly these come on, but I don't want to take any chances and make sure this is treated promptly. Is 2 weeks soon enough to stop the progression?