Originally Posted by RichS

Mike

Thanks again for your info. I'm going to research those doctors more before my appointment with my primary care doctor on Wednesday for the referral. I did a search also but in a smaller radius, and some of those came up in my results. I'm not sure why, maybe I did something wrong but none of those showed as having their certification when I used the public database you mentioned earlier. There were only these three that appeared to have it:

Mann, Chandler Robert, MD
Pain Management
504 Medical Center Blvd.
Conroe, TX 77304
(281) 540-0685


Trahan, Leonard A., MD
Pain Management
504 Medical Center Blvd.
Conroe, TX 77304
(281) 540-0685


Bishai, Emad M., MD
Pain Management
508 Medical Center Blvd.
Suite 213
Conroe, TX 77304
(936) 539-8155


I'm definitely going to check into your list more. Just my luck, Dr. Chapman doesn't seem to be in our network. Am I wrong in thinking these three are worth considering further? Also you mentioned that the last thing anyone with CRPS needs is strength training. As I mentioned earlier, before the surgery I was very active and did weight training at least 4-5 times a week. I havent done anything in the last four months, but I was kind of thinking that I needed to based on my surgeon. He said the nerve is like a "sleeping giant" and the more I use it the faster it will get back to normal. That was before he suspected CRPS. Is that not what I should be doing? I know all the other exercises I do for other parts of my body don't matter, but I was wondering if I actually did more focused movements on my right calf and foot if it might help "wake up" the nerve, as my surgeon said. I can barely raise my toes on that foot. If I try to raise my big toe on that foot, I can only raise it about 1/2 inch at the most. I just don't want to make things worse if that's not what I should be doing.