Dear Dubious,
I thought of you when I read the following excerpt from an article published in the latest issue of the Pain Monitor.
Quote:
Breaking the Pain Cycle
Can a specialist retrain the brain not to feel pain?
“CRPS can sometimes be viewed as a futile cycle. There is some thought that if we are able to put the brakes on this cycle — even if for a short period — you [could] alter the course of disease and even stop it,” Maine says, adding that psychological therapy and counseling can sometimes help the process, as can modalities such as biofeedback and guided imagery. Evidence does exist that retraining can help to diminish or desensitize the person to the perception of pain, Napier says.
“When chronic pain has been endured, learned painfulness can occur. The person needs to re-experience movements without the expectation, and sometimes self-fulfilling prophesy, of pain. Pain is a strong deterrent from continuing movement, and retraining may need to occur to reinforce that movement can occur without the anticipated pain response,” she concludes.
Joanne Eglash is a medical writer for the Gannett Healthcare Group.
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Dubious, it sounds like you have been through quite a bit with a couple of recent surgeries. I believe it is possible to break this pain cycle, the trick is in finding the right combination of treatments to interrupt the pain signals to give you a break. What this author is suggesting here is not as quick as just taking a pain pill, not that most of the pain pills even touch most RDS pain, but in the long run if one can learn how to retrain your brain it is very beneficial in managing rsd.
I hope you have been able to find some relief.
MsL
03-13-2009, 06:05 PM
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