Over the past nine years, I have received several emails from people suffering from reflex sympathetic dystrophy – including a recent email from a desperate and concerned reader looking for ...

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), is a nerve disorder that affects pain regulation. Doctors now refer to RSD as “type 1 complex regional pain syndrome” or ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., June 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In today's world, about eight million people suffer from RSD/CRPS - many of whom have yet to be diagnosed. Dr. Katinka van der Merwe helps ...

* Pain is described as moderate to severe and can be deep, aching, cold and/or burning * The condition typically starts as a seemingly innocuous injury, such as a sprain or fracture, but the pain is ...

The condition in best described in terms of an original injury that does not follow the normal healing path, she said. The sympathetic nervous systems assume abnormal functioning, causing continuing ...

ROCHESTER — RSDSA has begun a ‘We the People’ petition requesting the Obama Administration to nationally recognize RSD/CRPS awareness month by planting an orange flowering plant in the White House ...

FITCHBURG — Though only 20 years old, Fitchburg State University student Cassie Mayo has lost and gained more than many do in their entire life. Through injuries, more than 20 severe dislocations and ...

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - On Sunday, Judy Hopkins is going to do something that felt impossible during the 14 years she spent bedridden and wracked with pain. She’s going to walk in the park. This will be more ...