Treating CRPS enough to have a life
Someone asked a question on social media that led to my doing a brain-dump on the basic format of current treatment for CRPS. This will… Read More »Treating CRPS enough to have a life
what works
Move slowly, stay happy… except when pushing one and a half to two inches straight down on the lower half of the sternum
We went to a great farmer’s market, where J got me a ceviche tostada that had to be tasted to be believed. I got a… Read More »Move slowly, stay happy… except when pushing one and a half to two inches straight down on the lower half of the sternum
T’ai chi and emotional pain
When I’m out in the world, my reflex is to shove grief into a bundle and push it aside, and try to act as if… Read More »T’ai chi and emotional pain
Threads on the loom: bereavement and CRPS
When I was 4, we moved to New Jersey from Turkey, as my parents thought their kids should get a feel for their native land.… Read More »Threads on the loom: bereavement and CRPS
Documentation — Long time? Timeline!
I collected health info on others for years. I’m what clinicians call “a good historian” — and in the health context, it means someone who… Read More »Documentation — Long time? Timeline!
Documentation – a picture’s worth a thousand words
Doctors believe what they see.The training they get and the laws they must follow all reinforce that. If they see it themselves, then it’s real;… Read More »Documentation – a picture’s worth a thousand words
On sleeping despite all this
This is a brain-dump from a recent social-media post. Since the same question was asked 3 times in one day on my groups, I figured… Read More »On sleeping despite all this
Isy’s principles of blogging 101
Quite a few people I know are going into blogging. Most of them are CRPSers, all of them are clever and interesting, and I think… Read More »Isy’s principles of blogging 101
Rock stars
As many physicians have noted, treating chronic pain is peculiarly frustrating. Therefore, treating a pain condition as subtle, complex and intransigent as CRPS must be… Read More »Rock stars
Imaginative experience and rebuilding the brain
In 1986, the course of neurologic treatment changed forever when Mark Block, one severely spine-injured young man, chose “imp-possible” over “impossible” and, every day, spent… Read More »Imaginative experience and rebuilding the brain