Telehealth therapy treatments – At your own pace, space and place
These are some of the therapy treatment tools that work well for CRPS, and in an easily accessible online format.
The Protectometer
- Simple and easy to understand.
- Based on current pain science.
- Offers an understanding of what different factors might be relevant for treating CRPS for you as an individual.
- First step in creating a plan to switch off the signs and symptoms of CRPS.
Explain Pain
- A deeper dive into why we hurt.
- Gain an up-to-date understanding about how our bodies and pain really operate.
- Evidence based for treating (not just managing) pain.
- Regain that feeling of confidence and trust in your body again - even after years of pain.
- Becoming aware of this at a deep level can actually change your physiology.
- Hypersensitive nerves can settle back to normal.
- Retrain your overprotective pain system.
Graded Motor Imagery (GMI)
- A home program of brain exercises targeted towards treating the CRPS limb, digit (or side of the face).
- People with CRPS have changes in the brain that can be reversed.
- GMI exercises your brain and its trillions of connections.
- Based on the best clinical, neuro and pain science currently available.
- At the time of writing, high quality published research demonstrates this is the number one most effective treatment for CRPS (in the scientific literature).
Technologies to treat CRPS outside of the clinic setting
- Regular self treatment at home using certain devices can be very beneficial for CRPS.
- Guidance on what devices generally work better for CRPS, and which to avoid.
- Offer suggestions where to buy or hire recommended devices.
- Personalise a daily home treatment program (for some devices only to be used once a week).
- Often devices are used as part of an integrative/whole person approach and not placed directly on the effected limb ie. vagal nerve stimulation for the autonomic nervous system, flex beam on the corresponding area spine or a slight distance from the limb if severe allodynia.
TRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises) - underway
- Activate autonomic (involuntary) tremors which are a natural recovery mechanism.
- Easily move in and out of these tremors as you choose.
- This is a body led process so you don’t need to talk about any past overwhelming experiences during the TRE sessions.
- Advice on how to access a fully qualified TRE provider with a background qualification that suits your situation best ie. psychologist/counsellor/physiotherapist.
- Release tension in your body and mind, naturally rebalancing the autonomic nervous system.
- Can be used for simple stress relief or the deeper benefits of post traumatic growth.
If you have any questions about any of these treatment options, please feel free to request a free 15 minute phone consultation.
Please email me at info@compassionatehands.com.au
