CRPS/RSD: Update on Treatments - RSDSA

Pradeep Chopra, MD, Assistant Professor (Clinical) Brown Medical School, Director, Pain Management Center in Pawtacket, RI talks about the latest research on CRPS and his innovative treatments which have helped many to improve their quality of life and achieve remission.

[alicehallam]

I am data-limited, so I can't watch all of this but I appreciate this channel. Recently diagnosed.

[melaniebrown]

I am in New Zealand and my child was diagnosed nearly 2 yrs now....this is really good thank you :-)

[cuffs]

Thank you very much Dr. Chopra for your time well spent in helping us all. I greatly appreciate all the knowledge you shared that I can now share with my doctor. It truly is a shame that more doctors aren't aware of what RSD is or how it takes over the body.  

[reggiegreening]

My daughter was diagnosed with CRPS in September 2017. She was in pain 24/7 and couldn’t get around without a knee scooter because it was in left foot. I was searching on YouTube and ran across a dr that was using scrambler therapy and after 10 treatments everyone was getting off there meds and no pain which didn’t seem possible so I did more research and found a dr in Dallas that had a device and we went and she is off all meds and walking and pain free and now I got one of our Doctors in Shreveport La to get one and he has been using it for about 4 weeks and having great results

[edagurl]

thanks so much for this conference. i was honored to be in attendance and it was my first time learning about crps after being diagnosed and i was able to meet awesome people.

[DianeO]

Though I've had this monster disease reflex sympathetic dystrophy/complex regional pain syndrome 20+ years, this video was still very informative and helpful. I appreciate this doctor, for this update; I will watch this over and over.

[daisyjuliefreedom]

Thank you for posting this seminar, RSDSA, and m Dr. Pradeep Chopra, M.D., for providing this excellent source of updated information on RSD/CRPS for physicians, clinicians, patients and the scientific community. There was a great deal of valuable information provided that will be useful for application in daily practices for professional with updates in treatments and medications used for RSD/CRPS. Keep up the great work! Respectfully, Julie Combs

[nancycotterman]

Thank you Pradeep for all that you do for the CRPS community

[joby]

Great lecture. I was just diagnosed on New Years Eve from a fall in early December. Very helpful to get all of this clinical info, thank you Dr. Chopra.

[Tamwatto]

Thank you so I was diagnosised several months ago and this video is HIGHLY INSIGHTFUL xx

[SheilaLynnKart]

Thanks so much for this straight forward and information-packed video about this challenging issue! This is an amazingly useful and easy to understand introduction to share with family, friends, care providers, etc. who have never heard of CRPS/RSD.

[ssppeeccttrruumm]

Thank you so much for uploading this. There is still so much we don't know our bodies and learning about out latest understanding helps spark hope that one day we will be able to understand and treat all those who suffer. As a CRPS Type 1 patient I found this very informative and it has given me a few new options to research and try. Thank you :-)

[krhoma]

Would love a chance to attend a seminar or conference where Dr. Chopra is speaking. Dr. Chopra. So far, I've learned that I have done everything that Dr. Chopra said was not very helpful. Now I am committed to start with exercise and weaning off the pain meds. Thanks Dr. Chopra

[BaNgIelove]

I've had RSD for over two yrs now any information I get is helpful to me, it was caught and diagnose early for me so I painful fight like Hell for remission. I got it from a boxers fracture and it spread up my arm to my shoulder but I fight I won't let it own me ! Love and Light

[AprilEllerman]

Thank you Dr. Chopra for sharing your knowledge! This gives me hope living with RSD.

[rachels]

I have CRPS thru my entire body and.it started from a shoulder injury. I get bloodwork.done, due having anemia and CRPS spreads everytime I get bloodwork or any kind of of injections. For example: I had a bone.boipsy in.my hip bone. This started me to have swelling, pain, and redness my lower back. Also it spread when I had my shoulder operation, even with a injection(nerve block )1 week before and right before surgery. Then I fractured my entire foot, Except for the heel bone. I have severe swelling in my body and redness & purple coloration all over body, along with the pain. I live in my bed, resting helps keep the redness, swlling, and paim to a more tolerable pain level. I take 3 meds for it, gabapentin, Nyucuyta, and cymbalta.

[TrinityRedOrBluePill]

My daughter has been diagnosed after 6 years of seeing many doctors and lots of medical tests. I want to thank you for all of your research and for saying that the kids and Mothers will not stop at anything to help the child get better. I burst into tears when you thanked Mothers because this has been extremely difficult. My daughter is 17 and since we live in Nebraska the Children's Hospital is just beginning to understand the need for pain management. We are still battling and praying that this is an accurate diagnosis. If anyone wants to email me on how I can get her additional help please let me know. I am a working single Mother with no financial support and am not on any assistance programs. The medical bills and prescriptions are really hard to keep up with and I am taking a third job, yet keeping my priority as a Mother as the most important role I have and I cherish. Thank you again!!!

[patrickguerre]

Good info!. I wish that you ould have discussed more on what happens to the intestines. I started out with gastroperesis. Then came dumping syndrome, SMA, etc. Now I have scleroderma of small intestines & esophagus & have been told I have less than 1 yr. to live. I have a feeding tube. At 80 lbs. into ICU I went for a PICC for TPN. Then barely 1 mo. after TPN I got a blood clot & blood infection. Do you think it would be possible do a segment on RSD/CRPS & the damage it causes internal organs?

[terew]

Modulation of our nervous systems cells go into overdrive & we must learn how to deactivate. All cells concerned.

[thomaslittlejohn]

Is there any treatments in the D/C AREA?