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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.
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Hi Rich,
I am replying as the spouse of a man with CRPS, currently in remission. He cut the median and radial nerves in his hand with his table saw in Aug. '09. He was diagnosed right away and treated with gabapentin, nerve blocks and physical therapy. While neither he nor I can say exactly what put him in remission, he would tell you that the exercises he learned in physical therapy were probably key. He went to PT three times a week and also did all the exercises at home for an hour and a half, every evening, without fail. Progress was very slow, sometimes seemingly nonexistant for days and weeks on end, and he was often discouraged. But he is stubborn and never skipped a single session.
You clearly have a lot of self-discipline and exercise is something you can do that you can control at a time when it seems like you have no control.
Best of luck and please keep us posted. We're all sending good thoughts your way.