Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Posted by tiacanfield @tiacanfield, Mar 24, 2025

I have just been diagnosed with CRPS after a contusion to my heel bone that happened December 8, 2024. Since then I’ve seen numerous specialist. Running test after test on me. Sending me to physical therapy. Latest test was today, vascular Doppler, which came back normal. My foot at first was red, warm to touch and very swollen. After 8 days of that, December 16th, I noticed my foot was ice cold, burning, and almost had a purple/blue tint to it. Ever since then it’s become increasingly worse. The pain in my foot as now moved to my thigh. I forgot to mention I also have a 1.3cm hip labral tear with this contusion to my heel bone. I’m new to all of this. I don’t have many family members alive, the ones I do have don’t believe me. It’s exhausting. Oh, also, sorry I’m everywhere. I broke my wrist in 6th grade and had to have it desensitized and when I told the doctor this, his response was “hmm that’s so odd” so, what helps with the flares? Im on Gabapentin 900mg x3 daily and that’s not seeming to help anymore. I’m scheduled with pain management April 20 something. I’m needing support and encouragement. This is such a painstaking process to go through. The pain just keeps getting worse and my foot is ice cold most of the time.

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I have CRPS in my right foot from a surgery I had last July. The Drs I had did 6 sympathetic lumbar injections spaced out every 2 weeks. I had to go to the surgery center for those and was given a twilight anesthesia each time. All of that messed me up…I had a hard time bouncing back, but I had no help to my foot. I have been on 300 mg of Pregabalin at night which used to help more than it does now.
I am now a patient at Mayo Clinic and will also be starting Cymbalta in the morning along with the Pregabalin at night. I will go to a 16 day rehabilitation program there. If that doesn’t help we will put in a stimulator. Flare ups are the worst and mine usually last 17 days. My diet does affect my pain.

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