An interesting research paper was published last month, in a medical journal called Pain Research and Management. It’s still kind of ‘hot off the press’. Best of all, for other chronic pain patients reading this blog, this article’s available – at no cost – on-line Read More …

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year – today – since this roller-coaster rare disease journey began. Even harder to believe is the fact that this whole saga was triggered by a broken arm (a Colles’ fracture, or snapped radius). After a full Read More …

As promised last month, in my post about Knowledge transfer, I’ll be blogging about interesting information that I find in medical and scientific journals on CRPS. Guess what? I’ve already found some! The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) recently published an article: “What Emergency Read More …

The title of this post is somewhat misleading, I’ll admit. There’s not really anything ‘new’ in neuropathic pain. What is new, though, is a just-published medical journal article. It first caught my eye because this article is presented as a “Disease Primer” for physicians and Read More …

Long before being diagnosed with CRPS, in my right hand and arm, I was very familiar with the experience of being a patient. As a child competing in multiple sports, I’d had my fair share of injuries and emergency hospital visits. Sprains and fractures were Read More …