Like the way that Complex Region Pain Syndrome, or CRPS, affects your whole body, and not just one part of it, so too is it’s effects on you and your family. Even if you’re the only one afflicted with the sickness, your whole family feels its consequences. Though, yes, you’re the only one who feels the physical pain, you are not alone when it comes to the mental anguish and the emotional torture. Your family does not want to see you suffer, and because you are suffering, they cannot help but feel for you. And sometimes, they can go the other way. They can become skeptic of your pain, tired of taking care of your needs or even downright hostile towards you and your condition. Talk about rubbing salt into the wounds.
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome may be treated with a variety of techniques and procedures. There are different choices and methods that can be made available to each patient. One only has to find a treatment regime that fits and solves his/her own particular problem and case. Standard treatments include medications, physical therapy, and nerve blocks.

A plethora of options for medications exist for pain control and other symptoms associated with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Medications that are given are classified as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, antidepressants, anti-convulsions, and muscle relaxers. (more…)