Managing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) has no cure. It’s a condition you have to learn to live with and there are many methods and treatments you can consider. Constant pain is very hard for GPs to treat and you may find you’re being offered more and more medication when other types of treatment could be effective.

Consider taking a different route and trying something new. Be aware it does come with a cost and it may mean, if your condition was triggered by an accident that wasn’t your fault, then it could be worth instructing a solicitor and launching a CRPS claim for compensation. Living with constant pain isn’t manageable to techniques are needed to alleviate it.

Pain Clinic

Get your GP to refer you to the local pain clinic. Specialists in these centres explore ways to manage your symptoms and may be able to refer you on for further tests to find you a manageable lifestyle. Learning to cope with pain is much more manageable with specialists on your side.

Physiotherapy

Most GPs should be happy to refer you to a physiotherapy who can offer specific exercise and stretching based techniques for managing the pain. Pain management with a physiotherapist can help you learn how to pace your days and manage each day in an individual personalised way.

Complementary Therapy

Some people swear by the value of acupuncture, osteopathy and hypnotherapy. Each of these complementary methods comes with a price tag but it might be able to alleviate your symptoms in some way. There’s nothing to specifically back them up except the thoughts and opinions of other satisfied clients.

Complex regional pain syndrome can change your life completely but doesn’t have to stop it in its tracks. Make sure you have all you’re entitled to in terms of compensation and benefits and search for the treatments that fit your lifestyle.