International

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Foundation©

"Dedicated To Helping RSD Patients Worldwide"

Eric M. Phillips

P.O. Box 1145

Lakeville, Massachusetts 02347 USA

Phone: 508-946-9888  Fax: 508-946-3338

 

Office Hours

Monday through Friday

9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. EST

 

Please view the following new topics: The Management of CRPS, Movement Disorders, Principles of Addiction, New Topics, Spread of CRPS, The Infusion Pump: Clinical Observation, Spine and the Autonomic Nervous System, Bone Scan and CRPS, CRPS and SCS, Dr.Ellen G. Wattay's Updated Manual for the Diagnosis and Treatment of RSD/CRPS I, Clinical Contribution To CRPS I, RSD Poems, RSD Stories, Clinical Trials: Lenalidomide in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I, CRPS and Sympathectomy, The National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI), Next Step O&P, Stages of CRPS/RSD, and Thermography Abstract.

Home Background About RSD Stages of CRPS/RSD RSD Puzzles #1-146 Management of CRPS Spread of CRPS Movement Disorders Principles of Addiction The Infusion Pump Spine and ANS Bone Scan and CRPS CRPS and SCS Cryotherapy Venipuncture CRPS Thermography Abstract Thermography Part - I Thermography Part- II Nerve Block Abstract CRPS - Sympathectomy Microcirculation Clinical Contribution On-line RSD Survey Printable RSD Survey RSD References RSD and Pregnancy Social Security Ruling RSD and SSDI Clinical Trials Dental Referrals Photonic Stimulator RSD Medical Articles RSD Articles List RSD Article #1 RSD Article #2 RSD Article #3 RSD Article #4 RSD Article #5 RSD Article #6 RSD Article #7 RSD Article #8 RSD Article #9 RSD Article #10 RSD Article #11 RSD Article #12 RSD Article #13 RSD Article #14 RSD Article #15 RSD Article #16 RSD Article #17 Anatomy Sketches RSD Manual For P.T.'s Medical Journal Links In The News Support Group Info RSD Events Links Language Translator Updates E-mail Search RSD Poems RSD Stories RSD Tissue Research Next Step O&P RSD Info Request Form New Topics Todd Rundgren Thank You!

Updates

January 24, 2010

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Added a new page regarding the Management of CRPS

January 4, 2010

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Added a new page regarding The Four Principles of Addiction

January 4, 2010

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Added a new page regarding Movement Disorders

December 8, 2009

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Added a new page regarding Spread of CRPS

December 8, 2009

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Added a new page regarding TheInfusion Pump: Clinical Observation

October 25, 2009

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 Added a new page regarding Spine and the Autonomic Nervous System

October 11, 2009

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 Added a new page regarding Anatomy Sketches

October 2, 2009

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 Added a new page regarding the use of  bone scans as a diagnostic tool in CRPS

September 17, 2009

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 Added a new page regarding Todd Rundgren

September 15, 2009

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 Added a new page regarding CRPS and SCS

May 5, 2009

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 Added a new page regarding Stages of CRPS/RSD

November 16, 2008

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Added a new page regarding Next Step O&P

August 23, 2008

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Added a new page regarding RSD Medical Record Review.

August 17, 2008

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Added a new page regarding The National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI).

June 18, 2008

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Added a new page regarding RSD Stories.

May 3, 2007

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Added a new information regarding Dr. Ellen G. Wattay's  "A Manual for The Diagnosis and Treatment of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy - CRPS I".

April 20, 2007

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Added a new page regarding Clinical Contribution To Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS I) written by Dr. H.A. Badala from Uruguay.   

March 19, 2007

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Added a new page regarding RSD poems .

 June 29, 2006

bulletAdded a new page regarding  CRPS and Sympathectomy written by H. Hooshmand, M.D. and Eric M. Phillips.

September 22, 2005

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Added information regarding the University of Queensland (Australia).  CRPS/Occupational Therapy survey.

July 22, 2005

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 Added information regarding the FDA Public Health Advisory safety warning regarding the use of Fentanyl Transdermal (Skin) Patches.  http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/fentanyl.htm

 

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Added information regarding the FDA asking Purdue Pharma to withdraw Palladone for safety reasons.                                                http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2005/NEW01205.html

 

June 6, 2005

bulletAdded information regarding the new clinical trail of Lenalidomide in the Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I.

 

May 31, 2005

bulletAdded a new page regarding  Microcirculation Pathophysiology in Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome written by Srini Govindan, M.D.

May 19, 2005

bulletAdded a new page regarding RSD and Pregnancy References.

 

bulletAdded a  new page regarding Search.

 

January 17, 2005

bulletAdded a new page regarding Cryotherapy Can Cause Permanent Nerve Damage: A Case Report which was published in the American Journal of Pain Management in April 2004.

 

bulletAdded a new page regarding a list of Dental Referrals.

 

bulletAdd a new page regarding In The News.

December 1, 2004

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Added new information regarding the Minnesota RSD Support Group meetings.

May 14, 2004

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Add a new page for the two new clinical trials are being conducted at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, for patients who suffer from RSD/CRPS.

February 7, 2004

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Added a new page for the Nerve Block Abstract.

November 8, 2003

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Added a new page for Social Security Ruling SSR 03-2p on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.

August 4, 2003

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Added information on the links page regarding the The American Medical Resources Foundation.

 
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Add a new page for RSD Events.

 

May 8, 2003

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Added a new page regarding Ellen Wattay, P.T., Ph.D  book entitled: "A Manual for The Diagnosis and Treatment of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy". 

 

December 4, 2002

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Removed the page regarding the American Academy of Thermology Annual Meeting November 7- 10, 2002.

 

October 22, 2002

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Added two new page regarding Thermography.

 
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Added a new page regarding Classifieds.

 

June 14, 2002

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Added a new page regarding the American Academy of Thermology Annual Meeting November 7- 10, 2002.

 

February 14, 2002

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Added a new page regarding Venipuncture CRPS.

 

March 27, 2001

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Added a new page with a link to www.t-mail.com which offers a wonderful and helpful language translator for website. This language translator will translate website from English to the following nine languages:

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Chinese

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French

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German

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Italian

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Japanese

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Norwegian

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Portuguese

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Russian

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Spanish

 

March 6, 2001

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Changed the color background for the RSD Article page.

 

January 12, 2001

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Updated information regarding the New Zealand Study. The Study is now closed. The results from this study will be posted sometime in March.

 

December 21, 2000

bulletAdded information regarding the New Zealand Study which is being conducted by Elizabeth Sanders, MSc, Student from the University of Auckland. The title of this study is: The Relationship Between CRPS Patients’ Beliefs About Their Illness and Their Levels of Disability.

 

December 11, 2000

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Added information regarding Bales Scientific, Inc. Photonic Stimulator Presentation.

 

September 25, 2000

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Updated the patient's and physicians schedule information for the   upcoming RSD conference which will be held on November 30, 2000 through December 2, 2000.

 

September 11, 2000

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Updated the Physicians Conference page regarding the approval of CME credits from the Florida Medical Association.

 

September 10, 2000

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Added information regarding Transtar Airport Shuttle Service for the upcoming RSD conference.

 

August 27, 2000

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Added a new World Clock (showing the time in different parts of the world).

 

August 22, 2000

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Added a few new references to the RSD Reference page with direct links to the medical journals.

 

August 1, 2000

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Made another updated of the patient's and physicians schedule information for the   upcoming RSD conference which will be held on November 30, 2000 through December 2, 2000.

 

July 21, 2000

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Updated the patient's and physicians schedule information for the   upcoming RSD conference which will be held on November 30, 2000 through December 2, 2000.

 

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Added a new page for directions to upcoming RSD conference at the Grosvenor Resort Hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

 

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Added information regarding Airlines Discounts for the upcoming RSD conference.

 

June 22, 2000

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Updated information regarding the upcoming RSD conference which will be held on November 30, 2000 through December 2, 2000.

 

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Added a complete list of confirmed Guest Speakers and a full schedule of events for Patients and Physicians.

 

March 11, 2000

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Completed another update of web site.

 

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Added a notice on the main home page stating that the RSD Puzzle Disk© and the RSD Info Disk© will no longer be available.  (Please read)

 

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Added a new page for all of the information from the RSD Info Disk©.

 

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Added a new page for access to Dr. Hooshmand's RSD Puzzles©.

 

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Added a new form to request future updates for RSD information and future RSD conferences.

 

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Added more new references to the RSD Reference page.

 

January 9, 2000

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Added a new printable version of the RSD Survey for those of you who are having trouble with the online form.

 

December 23, 1999

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Updated information regarding the upcoming CRPS 2000 Conference, in Orlando, Florida., November 30 - December 3, 2000.

 

December 17, 1999

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Added a link to Dr. Hooshmand's new web site at: http://www.rsdrx.com

 

October 7, 1999

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Completed update-Made another complete image and format change of website to better inform our readers.

 

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Added more references to the RSD reference list page.

 

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Added a new Free Information order form.

 

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Added a new updated RSD Survey form.

 

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Added a new page regarding the upcoming RSD (CRPS) Conference in Orlando, Florida which will be held next November of 2000.

 

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Added a new page of World Clocks(showing the time in different parts of the world).

January 22, 1999

bulletCompleted update- Changed the name from Supporting Friends and Patients of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy to "International Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Foundation"- IRSDF. Made complete image and format change of website to better inform our readers.


November 11, 1998

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"Supporting Friends and Patients of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy" was changed to  a  non-profit organization under the official title of the:

"International Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Foundation"

 

May 9, 1998

 

bulletAdded links for the latest versions of Netscape & Internet Explorer downloads.

 

bulletAdded a note regarding Eric's planned 3 week vacation starting on 5/11/98.

 

bulletFixed a small glitch in the printable video form- removed formatted symbols in check fields.

 

April 30, 1998

bulletThe 1997 Winter Medical Conference Videos are now available. Added information on how to obtain videos and a printable form for ordering the 4 part set- For more information, please choose the link below.

1997 Winter Medical Conference Videos

 

April 26, 1998

bulletAdded a printable version of the RSD Survey for those of you who are having trouble with the online form.

 

bulletFixed several broken links on the Media FAQ page.

 

bulletRemoved the "Text Only" version of the site- The standard version was the same. If your browser has images turned off, you will still see the text anyway.

 

April 7, 1998

 

bulletOur change over to an NT Server is nearly complete- We just need to verify all pages, so we can get down to the fun stuff. If you notice a broken link or have suggestions for changes, please let us know.

 

bulletWe changed the survey results form to direct all responses to my Prodigy Mailbox. Apparently AOL's system was modifying the response, and required me to download the file vs. Prodigy's system which sends it right to my computer.                              

 

February 1, 1998

bulletAdded option for MAC or IBM media type to homepage request form.

 

bulletRemoved "New" changes from home page and created this update page, so viewers can easily tell what we have modified on our web site.

 

bulletAdded note that we will be adding information regarding the conference videos to the homepage. Check back soon for the update.

 

bulletAdded instructions to our "Media FAQ" page for using the disks on MAC machines.

 

bulletRegarding December 20, 1997 updates- #1 - We only received a couple re-requests, so if you asked for the disks between 11/1/97 and 11/17/97 please make sure you send us another request. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

bulletRegarding December 20, 1997 updates- #4 - We now have MAC instructions for viewing the disks, which were provided to us by a supportive RSD'er- Please refer to our "Media FAQ" page for the instructions.

 

bulletRegarding December 20, 1997 updates- #5 - There has been a lot of discussion regarding the copyright we placed on the information and the majority of you have respected our request. We are no longer backlogged at this time, and all requests will be handled promptly going forward. Thank you for helping us control the distribution of Dr. Hooshmand's Information. Again, it's very important that our RSD friends receive the latest updates.

 

bulletFinally, we modified the copy right to show permission must be received from "Dr. Hooshmand, M.D. AND Eric Phillips AND CMNE" regarding the disk media. All new distributions of the disk will contain this modified version of the copyright.

 

December 20, 1997

bullet1) If you requested RSD information between November 1, 1997 and November 17, 1997 - please resubmit your request. The information was inadvertently deleted during a transfer. Your new request will be placed in the proper priority and answered as soon as possible.

 

bullet2) If you have questions or comments on RSD or the website, Eric has requested that you phone him vs. sending an E-mail. Also, if you have received damaged disks through snail mail, or you are have trouble accessing the information on the disks, please call Eric at 508-946-9888 between 8AM & 5PM.

 

bullet3) Some of you have received replies from me regarding disk or access support. Eric forwards support questions to my e-mail box, and they are answered within 24 hours. So if you receive a reply from CMNE and you are still having trouble, please feel free to reply back and I will help you further.

 

bullet4) Currently we do not have a MAC version of the RSD disks, nor do we have a way to view them with WebTV - If you have a MAC system, or WebTV we will be happy to send you the disks, but you will need to view them on an IBM compatible system with a web browser installed. Please note that many individuals access the disks on library, university, hospital or family & friend computers when theirs is not IBM compatible.

 

bullet5) We have been receiving a lot of e-mail and calls from people who are receiving corrupted disks from sources other than Eric. We know that our distribution is backlogged, but we ask that you do not accept copies from other sources for several reasons:

 

bulleta) The disks may contain viruses or corrupted files- Our systems are secure, we do not know the copied systems, and cannot verify the level of security during the copy process.

 

bulletb) Some of the disks have had executable programs installed that could access your system. Zip programs and shareware programs have been installed on the copied disks- These programs access your system files, and could compromise your computer.

 

bulletc) The disks do not contain all the RSD information Puzzles & Files - Several of the copied disks have been missing 40 to 50 percent of the puzzles and required files.

 

bulletd) You will not be added to our database for future updates and changes. All requests for RSD information are entered into a database for future updates. If you receive the disks from other sources, you will not be informed of updates and changes.

 

bullete) The information on the disk is copy righted, and owned by Dr. Hooshmand. Copying the disk is illegal.

 

bulletPlease understand that our goal is to make sure you have the latest and most accurate information on RSD. Periodic updates will add or modify the disks -By accepting the illegal copies you are accepting the risk that the information may not be accurate or up to date, and your computer system may be compromised.

 

bulletTo those of you who are sending copies of the RSD disks, we ask that you please refrain from doing so -We are trying our best to distribute the disks as quickly as possible, but we want to make sure all the correct information is on the disks. We understand that you are simply trying to help distribute the information, but the accuracy of the data is critical- We have received several copied disks and the data is not correct. If you have suggestions or comments on how we can improve our services to RSD'ers - Please let us know.

 

November 18, 1997

bulletWe have created a 4 part version of our RSD Survey for those of you who have been experiencing trouble passing it over your ISP's network. Please choose the link below to see the Survey List- Simply choose each page entering information as you go....  Link Deleted.

 

September 7, 1997

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Please take a moment to complete our RSD Survey, the information gathered will be used to help identify trends and potential treatments for Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. The survey has 100 questions directed at RSD, it will take a little time to complete, but the information is vital to help in our efforts to eliminate RSD.

 

July 26, 1997

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This is our new "Frequently Asked Questions" or "FAQ" section. If your having trouble finding answers to technical questions about our Web Site, Survey Form or Info Disks look here first!

 

The material on the IRSDF Homepage and all its associated, linked or reference pages is for informational and education purposes. It is not meant to take the place of your physician. Before starting, changing, or stopping any treatments or medicines consult your physician.
Eric M. Phillips, and Associates will not be held liable for any damage or loss as a result of information provided on this page or associated documentation. Again, this WEBSITE is simply published as an information source and should not be used to treat or make judgments on RSD. All material owned by others, that is distributed or published on this website, disk media, facsimile or copied through electronic or photographic means has been done so with the permission of the owner or author. Any and all material published in error, will be immediately removed or corrected upon notification of such. The IRSDF organization title known as the "International Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Foundation" and all associated material on this website may not be copied, reproduced or quoted without expressed written permission from the owner;  Copyright  ©1996-
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