Welcome to the CRPS Forum
Providing support for individuals with the diagnosis of
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome & their healthcare provider
Providing support for individuals with the diagnosis of
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome & their healthcare provider
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.
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 for use in outpatient setting to act as a reminder.
Designed and promoted healthy eating and Vitamin C rich diet for all individuals who suffer an injury
Keep Moving – Keep Using Video.
A range of useful posters and leaflets for use in-clinic
Funded by the Neuromodulation Pain Research Fund UCC. This Keep Moving – Keep Using Video shows patients how to do exercises.
Promote proactive recovery and download posters and leaflets for display in your clinic.
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.
Valencia, September 4-7 2019
CRPS Research - “New Aspects of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome”
Date: September 5, 2019 (10:30 AM-12:00 PM)
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.
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.”
Journal of Hand Therapy, 2018
Blog post published online in September 2017 via the Body in Mind website.