CRPS UK - Bath Half Marathon
Donation protected
I will be running the Bath Half Marathon 13th March 2016 and I have decided to raise money for CRPS UK in order to help make life a little easier for those who suffer.
I was unaware this existed until a young member of my family was affected and how this has made her life very limited and causes her a great deal of pain.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a rare neurological disorder, which causes chronic pain that cannot be controlled and can affect all areas of the body but most commonly occurs in the limbs. It is a debilitating and disabling inflammatory condition that can be caused by minor injury (sprain), broken/fractured bones, surgery or can appear spontaneously without known cause. CRPS is believed to be the result of dysfunction in the central or peripheral nervous systems where the signals between the affected limb or body part and the brain are misinterpreted resulting in the following :
-“burning” pain
-hypersensitivity of the skin
-changes in skin temperature: warmer or -cooler compared to the opposite extremity
-changes in skin colour: often blotchy, purple, pale, or red
-changes in skin texture: shiny and thin, and sometimes excessively sweaty
-changes in nail and hair growth patterns
-swelling and stiffness in affected joints
-motor disability, with decreased ability to move the affected body part
CRPS can strike anyone at any age and affects both men and women, but statistics show it is more common in women.
Very little is known or understood about CRPS and there is no cure.
I was unaware this existed until a young member of my family was affected and how this has made her life very limited and causes her a great deal of pain.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a rare neurological disorder, which causes chronic pain that cannot be controlled and can affect all areas of the body but most commonly occurs in the limbs. It is a debilitating and disabling inflammatory condition that can be caused by minor injury (sprain), broken/fractured bones, surgery or can appear spontaneously without known cause. CRPS is believed to be the result of dysfunction in the central or peripheral nervous systems where the signals between the affected limb or body part and the brain are misinterpreted resulting in the following :
-“burning” pain
-hypersensitivity of the skin
-changes in skin temperature: warmer or -cooler compared to the opposite extremity
-changes in skin colour: often blotchy, purple, pale, or red
-changes in skin texture: shiny and thin, and sometimes excessively sweaty
-changes in nail and hair growth patterns
-swelling and stiffness in affected joints
-motor disability, with decreased ability to move the affected body part
CRPS can strike anyone at any age and affects both men and women, but statistics show it is more common in women.
Very little is known or understood about CRPS and there is no cure.
Organizer
Katherine Earle
Organizer
