Over the years many of our clients have undergone spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and it’s now a little over 7 years since we published the first of several articles on this subject. At that time, although the technology had been available for around 40 years, SCS remained a relatively novel procedure, certainly in the UK. …
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Low Frequency vs High Frequency Read More »
There are times when stem cell related therapies would seem to be the panacea for all ills, but could stem cell therapy soon become commonplace in relieving the symptoms of CRPS? As we discuss below, if you have the hard cash, there are already private clinics offering the treatment. San Francisco research We have considered …
Stem cell therapy is here, but is it the long-awaited cure for CRPS? Read More »
Over recent decades smoking has increasingly become the most high-profile medical bogeyman. Before they can take a single and no doubt deeply satisfying drag, tobacco consumers must now run the gauntlet of eye-watering prices, prophetical messages of doom, explicit medical imagery and social ostracisation. Twenty years ago the publicised danger was focused on a number …
In two years of blogging about anything and everything to do with living with CRPS, this is probably the most exciting article I’ve ever written. Truly. This is news that could potentially be life-changing for CRPS sufferers everywhere. Some history first: almost exactly two years ago, I wrote about a new CRPS treatment available in …
The word ‘sympathectomy’ has the ring of something lulling you into a false sense of security. It starts off well – ‘sympath’ – ok, it’s missing the ‘y’, yet still verging on the warm and comforting. But then you reach those final two syllables – ‘ectomy’ – yup, that means surgical removal. So what exactly …
What is a sympathectomy and can it reduce the pain of CRPS? Read More »
It has long been accepted that CRPS can spread from its initial presenting site to other (sometimes remote) areas of the body. For most people with CRPS, the prospect of their condition spreading is understandably their greatest fear. The exact mechanism behind the spread of CRPS remains unclear but there are two studies that have …
In an earlier article we considered changes to the brain in people with CRPS solely in the context of poor memory or ‘brain fog’. In this regard, in addition to factors such as poor sleep and the side-effects of medication, there has long been speculation in the medical profession that memory loss for those suffering …
Evidence of brain changes in people suffering CRPS Read More »
As Libby Parfitt reported back in January 2018, the multiple-centre trial of a seemingly promising drug for the treatment of CRPS, Zoledronic Acid (also known as Zoledronate), was halted by the pharmaceutical company, Axsome Therapeutics. The reason given for this move was “futility”; in other words, the data collected to that point suggested that the …
Keeping faith in bisphosphonates: Pamidronate for CRPS Read More »
Jan 13th 2019 | article by Richard Lowes The standard of clinical practice for most conditions varies from country to country and this is certainly the case for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Indeed, in Europe there has long been a desire to see a uniformity in approach to the diagnosis, treatment and management of …
Report of European Pain Federation task force on CRPS published Read More »
Feb 11th 2019 | article by Richard Lowes Quite rightly, the first port of call for most people suffering chronic pain in any of its many guises are mainstream treatments and medications. However, many sufferers, particularly those whose chronic pain condition has become well-established and possibly resistant to therapy, turn for some symptomatic relief to …
