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Rock for RSD
Concert to Benefit RSDSA
May 2009, Plymouth Memorial Hall, Massachusetts
Organized by Sammie Barrett, this concert featured many bands, including Stay, whom were just declared the number one unsigned band in the United States.
 

 
 
Catch-a-thon at Stoneham's Central School
Mrs. Higgins' Fourth Grade Class collected pledges from family and friends to raise awareness and funds.
 

 
 

Breakthrough Clinic Helps Kids Cope With Pain
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The viewing of this video is not intended to provide advice on personal medical matters or to substitute for consultation with a physician.

Stories of Hope

Training and Conditioning: Rising Above Pain

Bethlehem Area News: Freedom High School student fighting, winning battle with debilitating illness

La Crosse Tribune: Two girls lean on each other for support against a rare disease

Elise's Story
By Christine Robinson

Alissa's Story (Video)

Anna Brilliant's Story
Testimony from the NJ CRPS Awareness/Education Bill Hearing

Changing the Course of My Dreams
By Yvonne Larity

Finding Other Ways to Give: Nicole Biller's Awareness Story

Orange Ribbons Pinned in Our Dreams
By Ashley Mahoney

Jessika's story: "Live life …uninterrupted!"
By Laura Bortolusso-Welch, Trinidad & Tobago. W.I.

Melanie's Story

McGee March Madness 2008

Kim Bosse's Essay from McGee March Madness 2008

Stephanie Lewis's Essay from McGee March Madness 2008

Surviving College with CRPS
By Ashley Mahoney

Parents

Does Your Child’s School Have a "Faker’s Club"?
By Dorthy Switalski

RSDParents Yahoo! Online Support Group

Random Eruptions
By Randy Erickson
A father's thoughts on his daughter's CRPS

CRPS—A Parent's Perspective

What We Can Learn From Aya Ravek

Your Child Is Diagnosed With CRPS

Publications and Resources

The Very Real Pain of RND
From The Children's Institute

Author: Lebel A, Becerra L, Wallin D, et al
Title: fMRI reveals distinct CNS processing during symptomatic and recovered complex regional pain syndrome in children
Source: Brain. 2008;131:1854-1874.

Amplified Abdominal Pain in Children
By Lori Brake, PTA; Jennifer Sherker, PsyD; David Sherry, MD; Kathy Fash, PT, DPT, CSCS, CBIS

Management of Pediatric Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
By Robert T. Wilder, MD, PhD
(More Medical Articles)

Pediatric CRPS Tri-Fold Brochure
This brochure offers information and resources for the family and friends of youth with CRPS and those who want to help.

Pediatric CRPS Slide Kit (PDF)

Helping Children/Youth With CRPS Succeed in School
This brochure is designed to help schools accommodate the special needs of children with CRPS.

Take Flight With Hope: Stories of Hope and Transformation
This brochure offers an array of patient stories, and as Executive Director Jim Broatch, MSW, writes "People make changes, they move forward, they live lives they never imagined they could or would. CRPS brings huge losses, but, as you will read, there are significant gains as well."
Single copies are available free for our members. Additional copies are available for $2 (members) and $3 (non-members).

Websites
(More Related Sites)

The Advocacy Center provides consumer-driven services to support people with disabilities and their families in achieving their goals. Through information-sharing, individual advocacy support, independent service coordination and eductional workshops, we advance people's knowledge of resources and help them to build life-long advocacy skills. Our leadership development programs prepare individuals to help others as volunteer lay advocates, to influence policy, and to promote understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities.

fightingagainstrsd is a website by teenagers who have CRPS.

Kids in Pain (UK) provides support and friendship to young people suffering from a chronic pain condition and their families.

Pain in infants, children, and adolescents: Resources for parents and professionals

RSD in Motion

RSD Hope Teens
An online support group for kids and teenagers suffering from CRPS.

Updated January 28, 2010

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