The Discrimination I Experience as a Young Person With Invisible Illness....

There are thousands of chronic illnesses and even more people who have chronic illnesses. It’s hard for most people to believe, but yes, young...

What Is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition that affects the arms and legs. The main cause is generally trauma or an accident...

Why I Lie About My Pain Level at My Doctor’s Appointments

Alyssa Skillman In 1971, two individuals from McGill University developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire. It includes questions about the type and quality of pain that...

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Offered for CRPS in Lower Extremities

Experts compare DRG stimulation to traditional SCS In February 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a novel treatment for patients with complex regional...

What It’s Like Living With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, the ‘Suicide...

It’s 4 a.m., and once again I’m unable to sleep. As I sit alone in my living room, guided meditation for pain streaming though...

My Simple Way of Explaining Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

My nerves just don’t know how to be nerves. When people ask what complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is, this is the first thing I tell them....

Why do People With CRPS and Chronic Pain so Frequently Suffer...

It’s something that nobody likes to talk about, but suffering chronic pain very often goes hand in hand with gastrointestinal and/or urinary problems. For people...

Spotlight: When to Listen- A Day In The Life With CRPS

By Autumn Strand, I, like many, had never heard of RSD/CRPS until it actually happened to me. I remember on the ride home googling it...

Dog Bite Case that Caused CRPS Heads to Texas Supreme Court

Dog bite cases rarely make it to the highest court in any state, but a case involving a bomb-sniffing dog is an exception. This...

CRPS: What To Do About It? A Guest Post from Janet...

I am very privileged to have another guest post from a Physiotherapist that has just as much of an obsessive interest in Complex Regional...