Welcome to the CRPS Forum

Providing support for individuals with the diagnosis of
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome & their healthcare provider

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What Is CRPS?

CRPS is a relatively rare condition that can have a phenomenal impact even after a simple accident or trauma. Unfortunately, the features may go unnoticed and valuable therapy time can be lost.This treatment window is very difficult to recover.

By recognising the features of CRPS as early as possible the prognosis can be improved by taking some measures.

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Resources

The CRPS Forum promotes awareness through education, early screening and encourages early inter-disciplinary communication in order to ensure individuals at risk can recover a much as possible.

  • CRPS Screening Tool

    CRPS Screening tool for use in outpatient setting to act as a reminder.

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  • Vitamin C Rich Diet

    Designed and promoted healthy eating and Vitamin C rich diet for all individuals who suffer an injury

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Watch Our Video

Funded by the Neuromodulation Pain Research Fund UCC. This Keep Moving – Keep Using Video shows patients how to do exercises.

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Posters & Leaflets

Promote proactive recovery and download posters and leaflets for display in your clinic.

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Upcoming Conferences

IASP 2019

IASP 2020 World Congress on Pain®

Our next CRPS SIG satellite meeting will be in Amsterdam in 2020 at the IASP World Congress on Pain.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. August 4-8, 2020.

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https://efic-congress.org/

Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC

Valencia, September 4-7 2019
CRPS Research - “New Aspects of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome”
Date: September 5, 2019 (10:30 AM-12:00 PM)

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CRPS News

CCB Award

CRPS Cork 2017 wins Best International Association Conference 2017

The CRPS Cork 2017 Conference hosted in August 2017 was awarded "Best international Association Conference 2017" by the Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) and “Meet in Ireland”, Failte Ireland.

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CRPS appears on the new IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11

Chronic primary pain is a new diagnosis in the ICD-11 classification for chronic pain that is intended to embrace a number of poorly understood conditions while avoiding obscure and potentially laden terms such as “somatoform,” “nonspecific,” or “functional.”

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Aims of CRPS

A primary aim of the CRPS Forum is to raise awareness and understanding of
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome amongst health professionals, patients and the general public. 

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