Physiotherapy for pain and injury in London
When someone tells you that they have a painful knee, it makes sense to have a look at the joint to see what has gone wrong. Perhaps an x-ray or a scan would help to determine the state of the cartilage, bone and surrounding soft tissue. An assessment of the range of motion, motor control and […]
The Budapest Criteria should now be used to diagnose Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): A: The patient has continuing pain which is disproportionate to the inciting event B: The patient has at least one sign in two or more of the categories C: The patient reports at least one symptom in three or more of […]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a condition that we commonly see – click here for the clinic page In support of the treatment, training and coaching programme we have a blog dedicated to the latest science and thinking in CRPS CRPS UK Visit the blog here See here on our CRPS UK blog the latest diagnostic […]
Welcome to the May research update – see more at www.crpsuk.com ++++++++++ Pain Physician. 2012 May;15(3):255-66. Skin biopsy in complex regional pain syndrome: case series and literature review. Kharkar S, Venkatesh YS, Grothusen JR, Rojas L, Schwartzman RJ. BACKGROUND: Accumulating experimental and clinical evidence supports the hypothesis that complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS-I) […]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) often presents with a number of signs and symptoms. The main complaints are usually pain, colour change (minute to minute sometimes), temperature change, swelling, sweating changes, skin/nail/hair changes (trophic) and an altered perception of the affected part. It is this last sense that I am going to focus upon in […]
A flare-up is when the symptoms increase for a period of time. Sometimes it is clear why this happens such as after new activities or exercise, an increase in activity levels, when you are unwell, stressed or fatigued. In other cases there is no obvious reason as the routine has not changed and you cannot […]
Huge thanks to Kayleigh (Follow Kayleigh on twitter @KsEDSchallenge) for sharing her experience of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). The way that clinicians and the public truly understand conditions is through the personal stories that are described first hand. The narrative is key. I was diagnosed with EDS in late 2013 (aged 25), having displayed symptoms my whole […]
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My old headmaster would warn us not to fall into bear traps. By this he meant pay attention to what you are doing so that you do not make a simple mistake. He would set a few bear traps and see if we were concentrating or if we were on autopilot. It was also a […]