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Old 03-19-2013, 05:26 PM
reluctant@thetable reluctant@thetable is offline
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A few suggestions- See a pain management specialist. This could be an anesthesiologist with additional training in pain. Try to keep doing some PT- just not to the point of excessive hurt. It's important to keep joints active. A PT with familiarity of crps would not push you to the point of excessive pain and once they did, tell you to quit it all together. Warm water therapy. Engage a pain psychologist. The pain will affect your life in many areas and it helps to have a person trained in dealing with all the implications that go with the disease. Most people w/ crps need some anti-depressants. Anti-depressants also help to keep the crps in check so it's good on 2 fronts. My injury isn't a workman's comp case but many people who are fighting for it use a workman's comp. attorney. I'd do as much research on the pumps and stimulators. I've chosen not to go with either because of the invasiveness of both. I worry about spread. I did have ketamine and it was a positive experience for me. I need more but can't afford it. There is a subsection in Neurotalk for pain pumps and spinal cord stimulators. You may want to do a search for it. (Look under search above.) Medications are important for me in my treatment but a PM anesthesiologist can help you with these. I'm sure there's more and others will chime in but this is a start. Where do you live?
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