Retired physician with a disability fights for the right to get around on a Segway
By RYAN E. SMITH BLADE STAFF WRITER
Dr. Patrick McNamara gets out of his silver minivan and hobbles a few steps, leaning heavily on a homemade wooden cane. There is pain in every awkward movement the 51-year-old makes – until he [...]
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Physician with CRPS/RSD Fights for the Right to get around on a Segway
Posted in CRPS and Health Issues, CRPS and Pain Management, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, disability, Mobility, physician, RSD, RSDS, Segway on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Those hoping for advances in Pain Treatment, have hopes dashed by a Fraudulent Academic!
Posted in Announcements, CRPS and Pain Management, Pain Management News, Pain Management in the Media, tagged CRPS, RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, pain research, RSDSA, Anesthesiology, Fraud, published papers, Scott Reuben on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In what experts are calling one of the largest known cases of academic misconduct, a leading anesthesiology researcher has been accused of falsifying data and other fraud in potentially dozens of published studies.
Lent week 2 – Hope, Anger and Courage Reflections
Posted in CRPS Distractions, CRPS and Health Issues, CRPS and Pain Management, CRPS and Workers Compensation, Christianity, Personal Thoughts, health, tagged Chronic Pain, CRPS, RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Christianity, illness, lent, lenten studies, sickness on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
St Augustine once said that:
Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage: anger at the way things are, and courage to make them the way they ought to be.
New Pain Management Training Boosts Patient Care, Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, CRPS or Chronic pain awareness, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Neuropathic pain, pain management, Pain Management News, RSD, RSDS, severe pain on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) SA & NT Faculty is launching the SA Chapter of Pain Management. This is an initiative of the RACGP to recognise GPs who develop and practise special skills to enhance their provision of whole-person care to their patients.
Rewiring Of Brain Responsible For Baffling Chronic Pain
Posted in CRPS and Health Issues, CRPS and Pain Management, tagged awareness, Chronic Pain, Chronic pain awareness, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, health, Neuropathic pain, pain management, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, research, RSD, RSDS on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the first study to link pain with changes in the brain’s white matter. It will be published November 26 in the journal Neuron.
Ten Myths Of Chronic Pain
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic pain awareness, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, pain treatment, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS, severe pain, Ten Myths chronic pain on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Misconceptions about chronic pain can do harm to people with legitimate medical problems.
Chronic pain is a huge problem in terms of its human and economic toll — it disables more people than cancer or heart disease, and the annual cost to society in terms of medical treatment, lost working days, decreased productivity and workers compensation [...]
Heat = More Pain??
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS, severe pain, Struggles on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hi everyone,
Since this warmer weather has got very warm my pain levels and everything else has been worse. Hopefully it is just a flare up, but some of it is burning from breezes off fans etc.
It sucks when you get too hot you sweat heaps and not feel well and try and cool down [...]
Paula Abdul’s Battle with RSD/CRPS.
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged Chronic pain awareness, Chronic pain battle, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Paula Abdul, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Clinical trial for experimental new treatment for CRPS-I at McGill University Health Centre
Posted in CRPS and Pain Management, health, tagged candidates trial, clinical trial, Clinical trials, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, pain management, pain research, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, RSDS on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clinical trial for experimental new treatment for CRPS-I at McGill University Health Centre
Investigator:
Dr. Mark Ware
MUHC Pain Centre
Montreal General Hospital
Candidate profile:
· Over 18 years of age
· No kidney or liver disease
· No diabetes
Length of trial: 10 weeks maximum
For more information:
Please contact the Research Nurse, Sylvie Toupin at (514) 934-1934, ext: 44348
http://www.rsds.org/3/research/McGill_09152008.html
