Have you ever heard of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy? No? Well, perhaps you’ve heard of its other name: Complex Region Pain Syndrome. If even this is not familiar to you, well, if you’ve been experiencing discomfiting things in your body, such as intense pain, extreme tenderness of the skin, fluctuating temperatures and color and other such symptoms, then wonder no more, as you are a victim of CRPS. This is a neurological condition, constant, hard to diagnose and even harder to treat.

People who are afflicted with this disease and the doctors who are trying to treat them are really having a hard time in the treatments because the disease, whether mild or severe, is very stubborn. There are times when conventional medicine such as drugs and physical therapy does not work, and this is when people can turn to the non-conventional healing practices. Acupuncture is one method where people suffering from RSD and CRPS have said that it helps ease the pain that they feel. (more…)