CRPS and Children

My comments to a mother who has a child diagnosed with CRPS.  (Notice I said DIAGNOSED not has CRPS)

Some things about working with children that we need to discuss which has to be considered:

• How much her condition is being reinforced by family, friends and physicians
• Children love attention and subconsciously may not be able to tell negative from positive attention – it is just attention
• There is always a reward involved with every behavior – finding her reward or discovering a bigger reward is a big part of recovery.
• CRPS is called complex because there is no reason for it so it is complexing to the medical mind that can’t see beyond physical treatment.

A simple statement from you, asking, “are you in pain?” Hurting or how do you feel today is a trigger for the brain to create and be reinforced with a learned response.

I leave you with this thought – There is no pain until the electrical impulse reaches the brain. In the brain the emotions of past experiences are filtered by the Thalamus gland and relayed to other glands that then determine the response. In your daughters case “pain”.

Here is a comment from a past CRPS diagnosed client

Hi Lena and Ron,

I hope you are both doing well. I wanted to follow up with what has happened sense I have been home. First of all thank you so very much for the Hung by the Tongue book. I love it and have enjoyed reading it. I am doing great! I have started tapering off my medications. I am completely off of narcotic pain medication and that feels so good. I have also started physical therapy and that is going great as well. My life is completely different from before I came to Clinton. I feel like I got my life back and I am so excited and optimistic about my future.  I am settling into my new routine well.  I do relaxation/hypnosis 2-4 hours a day and I love it. It keeps getting better everyday. I have been able to share what I have learned with so many people close to me. Sorry if you get a lot of injuries. Many were amazed by the results, like I still am. Many of my friends and family have started using your apps and love it. I am hoping to come back in April to get trained let me know if it is sooner. Thank you for all you do! I can never explain just how thankful and appreciate My family and I are for all that you have done. I feel so blessed and forever thankful! Coming to Healthy Visions saved my life!