In this section...

  1. Acute Physiotherapy
  2. Cheshire and Merseyside Rehabilitation Network (CMRN)
  3. Chiari malformation and syringomyella
  4. Cognitive neurology
  5. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
  6. Dietetic Services
  7. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  8. Endoscopic (keyhole) spinal surgery
  9. Epilepsy
  10. Epilepsy specialist nurse service
  11. Epilepsy surgery
  12. Essential tremor - Ultrasound thalamotomy
  13. Evoked potentials (EP)
  14. Facial pain
  15. Fluroscopy
  16. Functional Neurological Disorders Service (FNDS)
  17. Headache service
  18. Hydrocephalus, CSF disorders and spina bifida
  19. Infection prevention and control
  20. Integrated Neurology Nurse Service
  21. Interventional Radiology
  22. Major Trauma service
  23. Motor neurone disease
  24. Multiple sclerosis
  25. Multiple sclerosis (MS) nurse service
  26. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and Electromyography (EMG)
  27. Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care
  28. Neurogenetic disorders
  29. Neurological long-term conditions OT service
  30. Neurological Long Term Conditions Physiotherapy Team (LTC)
  31. Neurology
  32. Neuromodulation for Pain and Pelvic Floor Instability
  33. Neuromuscular disorders
  34. Neuromyelitis optica
  35. Neuro-Oncology Department
  36. Neuropathic pain (nerve pain)
  37. Neurophysiology Department
  38. Neuropsychiatry
  39. Neuropsychology Department
  40. Neuropsychology inpatient service
  41. Neuroradiology
  42. Neuroscience Laboratories
  43. Neurosurgery
  44. Neurovascular surgery and intervention
  45. Pain Management Programme
  46. Pain medicine
  47. Palliative care pain
  48. Parkinson's disease Nurse Specialists
  49. Pre-operative Assessment Team
  50. Physiotherapy botulinum toxin service
  51. Rehabilitation
  52. Research
  53. Respiratory Physiotherapy Team
  54. Speech and Language Therapy
  55. Spinal surgery
  56. Surgical management of chronic pain
  57. Surgical, Medical, Acute Response Team (SMART)
  58. Theatres
  59. Therapies Department
  60. Tissue viability
  61. Trauma Therapy Team

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

 

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a condition which isn’t well understood and is often difficult to diagnose. Its main feature is persistent pain in an arm or leg, usually after trauma. It is often associated with changes in temperature, swelling and sensitivity.

Dr Andreas Goebel, a Consultant and Reader in Pain Medicine, runs a dedicated service for patients with CRPS at The Walton Centre. This specialist service sees patients from across the UK, including tertiary referrals. 

 

CRPS clinics

One or two consultant-led clinics per month are dedicated to seeing new and follow-up patients with CRPS. There is also a specialist physiotherapy clinic, run by a team of senior professionals, who deliver state-of-the-art treatments. We aim to offer new appointments within three to six weeks and can respond swiftly to patient requests for follow-up appointments. 

CRPS can be a long-term condition, and we have developed our service to reflect this. A telephone advice line for patients with pressing queries is available.

Special information and discussion days for patients with CRPS who have in the past been seen at The Walton Centre take place every 12-18 months and have been well received. We also convene occasional CRPS patient involvement groups to discuss research plans.

The team at The Walton Centre and The University of Liverpool is at the forefront of research into this condition worldwide. Patients are regularly invited to consider participation in this research. Our treatments are informed by the latest available evidence, and the team initiated a UK Guideline Group, which has developed the first ever UK guidance for health professionals on how to manage CRPS.

 

Leaflets

Low dose naltrexone (LDN) for fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

 

Consultants

Dr Andreas Goebel