Our in-depth articles about CRPS

A voyage in the treatment of CRPS To develp a condition like Complex Regional Pain Syndrome it takes a moment, a life changing moment in which a person is called to a most difficult task. From that moment, a person will need to work hard to walk through the path of...

An option in pain management that could be useful for CRPS When it comes to pain management, there are many options out there that might represent a resolutive path for patients affected by different conditions. Pain Management in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome,...

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome on the knee, a difficult diagnosis with a good prognosis CRPS, as we know, is a debilitating condition that usually affects the limbs and is triggered by a trauma of some sort. Like in the articles before, in our mission to spread...

Neridronate infusions, a deeper look into its effects and history  Throughout the years, researchers and doctors have been looking for a correct answer in the treatment of CRPS. This was also because, at the beginning of the 90s, countries like the U.S. started...

A popular type of rehabilitation for the treatment of CRPS. In the last decade, many ways have been studied to get rid of the pain in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. By being the dominant symptom, pain is the first thing that must be put under control for the patient...

CRPS in the arms, the most frequent -but most easy to solve- situation. CRPS on the upper extremities (arms, hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder) is the most common to occur in the totality of patients diagnosed with this condition: 60% of cases affect this part of the body....

Misdiagnosis is one of the first enemies for a patient suffering from Chronic Pain. In this small essay, we will focus on a much-debated topic and a growing problem affecting the community around CRPS and its treatment: misdiagnosis. As we have seen in our previous...

How did Neridronate infusions become the treatment of choice for CRPS In this small essay we will briefly describe Neridronate infusions and how this treatment became the treatment of choice for CRPS in Italy. Neridronate is a bisphosphonate of third generation that...

CRPS affecting the ankle, case analysis and treatment options As we all know, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is an extremely painful and potentially debilitating disease. There are no diagnostic tests available for this condition and the only possible way to obtain a...

What it means for patients and caregivers.Living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a huge challenge that can be difficult for anyone: with the intense pain and, often, extreme levels of disability involved, any daily task can be a very difficult mountain to...

Exams that are useful for a correct diagnosis and evaluation of CRPS  CRPS is a very tricky condition to diagnose and there is not an instrumental exam that can confirm it. The name Complex Regional Pain Syndrome itself defines a vast variety of symptoms and...

There are cases of CRPS affecting the hips or lower limbs but, this, is a condition that, statistically, mostly affects the upper limbs. While we can find cases of CRPS affecting the foot or the knee, the hips are among the rarest cases. Therefore, it is very...