Originally Posted by scubaforsythe

I have had about a 8 months of PT, and there does not seem to be anymore in my future... I had the surgery in Sept of last year and have been working on this since...

I luckily know what the triggers are for me, unfortunately, I do not have the use of my left arm to allow me to take it easy on my right arm, so I will constantly have flare ups. This is what I got into it with my ortho, before the block, I tried to explain to him, everything I do upsets the CRPS, because that arm has to be both left and right. Every time I go to bathroom, it has to reach around to pull my pants up, washing, shaving (luckily hair growth is less ), basically all my coping skills are triggers... ugh These have been honed for 41years, I do them without thinking, and pay a major price for it. The ortho now seems to get it... Why do they not just get it when you explain it, they have to have proof???

Thank you all, this forum is definitely a godsend!!!