Healing Hub Podcast

On today’s Healing Hub Podcase, we're sharing the audio from a live interview on Monday, November 4th – CRPS Awareness Day - with Cindy Perlin – CEO of the Alternative Pain Treatment Directory. This was an open forum interview and Q&A where we started off talking about my personal journey with CRPS, our treatment program at Holistic Centered Treatment, and transitioned into questions and answe...

Understanding the Invisible Struggles – whether it’s CRPS, chronic pain or even PTSD. When dealing with CRPS, chronic pain, anxiety or PTSD – we can feel overwhelmed, and we feel misunderstood. We get really good at putting up the façade… We’re good at saying we’re OK. The reality is - we feel judged, and we feel like we have to defend how we feel or what’s going on. This is why it’s so important...

What is the connection between CRPS and Cortisol, and a lot of the odd ball symptoms we endure with CRPS? Now, anyone living with CRPS or chronic pain knows the pain creates stress… which leads to anxiety, for some – depression, and for most it leads to insomnia too. Stress and pain are interweaved at multiple levels. This impact - in turn - manifests in other ways in the body. One of the big thin...

On today's episode I'm talking about - The Impact of CRPS in Children. CRPS in children and adolescents has a profound impact on the child and the whole family system. The unknowns, the questions, the frustrations - they are real. Questions - going to doctors - trying to get the help that you so desperately need - and some families finding themselves dangerously close to being accused of child abu...

Finding hope while dealing with CRPS, chronic pain or debilitating conditions can be difficult, but is necessary to regain your life. Don’t allow your ‘hope’ to be stripped away from you during your time of need. This is the very time that you DO need HOPE! At Holistic Centered Treatment – we are the ONLY CRPS program created by a CRPS Survivor or CRPS patients… We treat our you they way you shoul...

On today’s podcast I’ll be talking about living with CRPS – the impact of what we what we hear and what we endure, and what is remission. If you live with CRPS or any rare disease, you’ve probably had at least one conversation with a health care provider in which they look you straight in the eye and say, “There’s nothing I can do for you.” Or you have gone through a program or treatment that port...

On today’s podcast I’ll be talking about CRPS Awareness month. Throughout the entire month of November every year for the past 20 years, the CRPS community and their families and advocates come together to help raise awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. We know the month of November as - CRPS Awareness month… For me – CRPS is personal. 16 years ago, I was diagnosed with CRPS type 2… I live...

On today’s podcast I’ll be talking about brain fog that most CRPS patients contend with. If you're dealing with brain fog, I want you to know - you're not alone. Having a CRPS diagnosis or chronic pain diagnosis can lead brain fog. If you are like many others experiencing CRPS, you might also have various signs of something called brain fog. When someone experiences brain fog, it is more commonly...

On today’s podcast I’ll be talking about the grief associated with the diagnosis of CRPS and extending grace to ourselves. Two important areas that so many people are not talking about. Having a CRPS diagnosis or chronic pain diagnosis can lead to a range of emotions, thoughts and feelings. This can include loss or grief for your old life, your old ways of doing things. By gaining acceptance and l...

On today's podcast I'll be talking about what some people are referring to as Staging or Stages of CRPS… And the big question – is it based on facts, assumptions or myths. When I was originally diagnosed with CRPS – over 15 years ago there wasn’t “Stages” of CRPS. Now days, there are websites and information promoting different stages of CRPS much like stages of cancer. A big question I have is… W...

On today's podcast I'll be talking about holidays and how they can be a complex time for those living with CRPS and other forms of chronic pain. I want you to know you're not alone - if the holidays feel difficult. On one hand, society wants us all to be joyful, happy and cheery for the holidays. There are parties to attend, treats to eat, family to see and holly jolly to share. On the other hand,...

On today’s podcast I’ll be talking about things I’m extremely passionate about. Why traditional treatments aren't helping CRPS patients. Talking about the Holistic Centered Treatment protocol for CRPS. Hearing from a family whose daughter was diagnosed with CRPS at 9 years old. When we start our journey with CRPS – we are just looking for answers. Answer to … why we are in so much pain. Answers ab...

This episode of the Healing Hub Podcast is about - advocacy and CRPS. Self-advocacy is necessary with dealing with CRPS. Advocating for ourselves can feel lonely. Sometimes, it can feel like David and Goliath! As someone that lived with CRPS for 7 years I understand how difficult it can be to stand up for yourself in a doctor's office or even to a family member. At times it can simply feel overwhe...

This episode of the Healing Hub Podcast is about stress and anxiety, the impact it has on CRPS/RSD , and tools that can help manage it. While stress is an inevitable part of life - there are certainly ways to manage it. You are going to have some stress in your life -- we all do, and it's normal. One of the best things you can do for your health is manage that stress, even when you can’t control t...

This is in inaugural episode of the Healing Hub Podcast. A podcast dedicated to those living with CRPS. On this episode Dr. Traci Patterson will start discussing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) aka Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), and her personal journey with CRPS. For those that have been living with CRPS for some time this many be information you already know. For those newly diagnosed...