RSDSA mails 57,000 Telltale Signs of CRPS cards to members of the American Academy of Physicians to increase awareness

The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America (RSDSA) has mailed the Telltale Signs of CRPS card and an accompanying letter, headlined, "A minute of your time can prevent a lifetime of suffering," to nearly 57,000 active members of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The mailing details the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate treatment for patients with RSD/CRPS and stresses the devastating results- in terms of health, family relationships, work, and finances- of inadequate care.

Three weeks after the mailing, more than 400 physicians called the office to request copies of Living With RSDS, by Linda Lang and Peter Moscovitz, MD, or to obtain additional copies of the Handicard for staff members or patients.

In this, the decade of Pain Control and Research, the RSDSA is committed to educating and raising awareness of CRPS among the healthcare community. We targeted Family Physicians first because they are most often the first point of contact patients CRPS have. RSDSA is currently raising funds to do a similar mailing to active members of the American Academy of Neurology.

March 26, 2004