CRPS Treatment

Are you looking for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) treatment in Fairfax, Virginia? At The Care Clinic, our providers have experience treating pain conditions, psychiatric disorders, and addiction with innovative treatments like ketamine infusion therapy. Contact us today to learn how we can help you find relief.

What Are the Symptoms of CRPS?

Symptoms include:

• Continuous burning or throbbing pain, normally in the hands, feet, arms, or legs, sometimes referred to as “pins and needles”
• Swelling of the injured or painful area
• Decreased mobility to move the affected area
• Sensitivity to cold or touch
• Changes to the skin and nail beds

Ketamine Infusions for CRPS Treatment

Ketamine infusions have quickly become one of the most popular treatment options for various mood or pain disorders.

Unlike many traditional medications like SSRIs which can take months to start working, ketamine therapy offers patients relief quickly, with some individuals reporting relief within a few hours of their first infusion session.

How Does Ketamine Help Treat CRPS?

Scientists have found strong evidence suggesting that ketamine helps with CRPS by rapidly boosting the activity of glutamate, a neurotransmitter inside the frontal cortex of the human brain, which allows new pathways to form in the same area and inhibits NMDA receptors, which are associated with the experience of bodily pain.

Ketamine bypasses the conventional serotonin pathways and immediately generates new neural connections by acting on glutamate. This chemical action allows ketamine to offer therapeutic effects quickly.

This is remarkably different from conventional antidepressants, which initially boost serotonin activity levels in several other areas of the brain to ultimately affect glutamate. This process usually takes weeks, sometimes months.

Where Will I Receive My Ketamine Infusions?

We strive to ensure all of our patients feel as comfortable as possible in their private rooms during treatment.

A number of our patients refer to a “dissociation” effect. This disconnection effect aids your treatment and delivers a positive response to your ketamine therapy for many patients.

This is all an ordinary component of the treatment. You will always remain in a safe atmosphere with our team to monitor you and be readily available to you during your infusion.