Mirror therapy for foot - CRPS/RSD

In this video I use mirror therapy to reduce pain and improve range of movement of my right foot. I have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS/RSD). I turned my ankle yesterday and was in extreme pain, unable to move my toes or move my foot up and down. I don't know if the extreme pain was because of the injury or because of CRPS/RSD. What I do know is that this mirror therapy worked for me. A mirror box would have been a big help and made this much easier. As I don't have a box I used a free standing mirror. You can find mirror boxes at http://www.noigroup.com/ and also http://www.mirrorboxtherapy.com/
My blog is http://www.crps-rsd-a-better-life.blogspot.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mirror therapy
• physical therapy
• pain management
• complex regional pain syndrome
• CRPS
• RSD

[jeisea]

Glad to hear you are having mirror therapy. I didn't notice any great change the first time I did it. I was using mirror therapy for CRPS/RSD pain. I kept doing the therapy and over time pain and symptoms of CRPS eg hypersensitivity etc became less. Then I had a day with little pain. I kept doing it until after a while I had a few days with less pain. This kept improving over time. I hope it goes well for you. I'd love to hear how you go.

[jeisea]

Scroll down on the right under "Mirrot Therapy" for these and more links on my blog

crps-rsd-a-better-life

[jeisea]

Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you're giving it a go. Don't expect miracles. It seems to me to be a matter of doing it repeatedly - a little and often and over time you'll realize that you feel better. I try to make each session a bit different by adding in things like chewing gum or having a fan or heater on or playing music. The idea here is to change the inputs by adding something that appeals to the sense of tast, touch, smell, sound etc. Love to know how you go.

[jeisea]

Thanks for this. I'm not sure now if I can get to it before we go away. If not look for it in December.

[jeisea]

Thanks cszar. I discovered today that I need to position the mirror centrall and at a right angle to the body. If I don't I get a very strange sensation. If anyone thinks a video of this observation would help them better understand, please comment and I'll make another video. ( loving my new camera)

[TCupUK]

I am due to have this treatment soon, and it is most beneficial to hear that you have had some good results with this treatment. Thank you.

[sirsteven88]

I'm going to try this tomorrow. Thanks for the demonstration!!! I have RSD in my left knee and it's in a particularly rough spot right now. Haven't tried mirror therapy yet but you've inspired me to give it a go. Again Thank you!!!

[dselford]

Nice job! It's good you used both mirror therapy and CRPS in the title as it came up immediately when I searched for those two things.  I imagine the more people who hear of mirror box treatment for CRPS the more practioners will begin to offer it.

Had you used it on another CRPS limb before the ankle injury?

[sandmanjh]

im doing for my hand- - it minimizes the learned nonuse aspect

[bagpipermikey]

I would love to see the new observation. Thanks for sharing!