If you are newly diagnosed with, or suspect that you have CRPS/RSD, here are some helpful resources for you.

RSDSA Information Packages

• Download our free information package
• Download our free pediatric information package
• If you need a list of doctors in your state that treat CRPS, please call the RSDSA office at 877.662.7737 or email us at [email protected]

Helpful Resources

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome by Stephen Bruehl
• How CRPS Is Diagnosed by Dr. R. Norman Harden
• Medication Summary for Intractable Pain, CRPS/RSD by Nancy Sajben, MD
• Can I use Opiates (Hydrocodone, Oxycodone) with Low Dose Naltrexone LDN ft. Neel Metha MD
• Navigating the Impact of CRPS on Caregivers presented by Leanne Cianfrini, PhD – YouTube
• Tips for Managing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome by Jim Ducharme, MD, CM, FRCP
• Read a helpful brochure that lists CRPS/RSD diagnostic criteria and an overview of treatments – Living with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• How to Understand Someone With Chronic Pain: In the spirit of informing those who wish to understand: These are some things that can help you to understand, and help, people who suffer from often debilitating, chronic pain.
• Review evidence-based Treatment Guidelines

Helpful Articles

• Coping with CRPS: Advise From Patients for Patients
• Early Treatment of Acute Complex Regional Pain Syndrome after Fracture or Injury with Prednisone: Why Is There a Failure to Treat?
• Prednisone for Acute Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study 
• Are steroids useful in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome? by Steven Richeimer, MD
• Efficacy of Stellate Ganglion Blockade for the Management of Type 1 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Outcomes of Sympathetic Blocks in the Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• Important Articles & Videos for those are Newly Diagnosed