Rita

Hi - I am Gymjunkie. I have had CRPS(Type 1) for over a year now. I have posted lots of info about my experience on the section of the board for stories so won't bore you with all that!!

One thing you need to be concerned about for your husband is the constant use of his aircast. Unless he has a genuine orthopaedic reason for continuing to use it and has been told that he must still use it, then keeping using it is the worst thing he can do.

It might make him feel emotionally "safer" and more comfortable but the immobilization and guarding is the worst thing he can do for his CRPS affected limb. It will increase the risk of movement disorder, pain related disuse, sensitivity and allodynia. He needs to ditch the aircast asap unless his ortho has told him that there is a medical reason for continuing to need the physical support for that limb/injury. He might need to wean himself out of it gradually which is fine but however hard it is, the longer he uses it, the worse it will be long term.

Don't mean to scare you in any way but all the medical evidence is that immobilization is the worst thing for CRPS.