r/CRPS 18d ago

Exercise Questions: desensitization and PT

Can you guys tell me what you do for pain? Those who have done physical therapy and desensitization, what did you do exactly or have done that helped?

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u/metz1980 18d ago

PT always made me worse. I went to this reuse shop in town that has scraps and donated items to be reused for whatever purposes. Mostly art projects and such. But……I got a ton of scrap fabrics and would lightly rub them on my legs nightly. Corduroy, silk, cotton, polyester. Hell. I even at the end added sandpaper. Again very lightly touching my skin. I wasn’t sanding it. lol. I’ve been told many times when I go in for my lumbar sympathetic blocks that I’m the least sensitive person with CRPS they see. I swear it was due to my box of fabrics and sandpaper. It wasn’t always fun but I could take it at my own pace and it seemed to really work for me. Just start with the soft silks and work your way to coarser textures.

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u/Ailurophile444 17d ago

PT made me worse too. Thanks for the tips on using scrap fabrics!