For most children, life is an adventure, a never-ending road of discovery, and, in many cases, a life of joy. But, unfortunately, many children are not that lucky and are facing a journey of pain and suffering. Such was the case with Moana, who was diagnosed in 2013 with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) when she was just 11 years old, following a seemingly innocent ankle injury.
This condition, characterized by extreme over-the-top pain, resulted in wrecking Moana’s chance to enjoy her early teenage years. According to her father, "Moana's condition deteriorated to the point where she was constantly crying and screaming with pain. The slightest breeze could trigger a severe pain reaction in her leg. Moana was unable to walk, and was confined to a wheelchair.”
From Simple Pain to a Worsened Condition
CRPS can be triggered after a minor injury has occurred – a sprained wrist or twisted foot – and can worsen over time to become a howling, raging storm of pure pain. Moana’s condition worsened to the degree that she experienced blackouts and non-epileptic seizures.
Unfortunately, CRPS is not an uncommon condition. More than 200,000 people in this country suffer from CRPS which, according to the medical community, cannot be cured. Patients are being sent home with pain medication, which may give temporary relief but won’t heal the condition. It’s no wonder that many patients call CRPS a “suicide disease” or, as one patient put it, “I asked my wife to take my guns out of the house because I was in so much pain…”
With little hope for a better life and suffering from a condition that can only worsen over time, Moana’s parents found The Spero Clinic as their last port of call. This unique treatment facility specializes in treatments to heal chronic pain conditions such as CRPS, Long COVID, Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and Dysautonomia, among others.
Finding the Cause of CRPS
According to Spero’s treatment philosophy, pain is the body’s alarm system, indicating that something is terribly wrong. Traditional treatments aim at suppressing those alarm systems but Spero’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Katinka van der Merwe, looked deeper into this problem.
She discovered that, at the root of chronic pain conditions such as CRPS, is an inability of the central nervous system to function correctly. This system controls all the information that your body transmits to communicate with your brain, involving every organ and function. When it is damaged, it will misfire and send extreme signals to simple sensory input.
For example, a CRPS patient may experience the wind touching his hands like a terrible burn. A simple injury can set a series of events in motion that can lead to intense chronic pain, motoric issues, flexor tendon problems, organ damage, and more.
Finding a Path to Healing
Central to an affected central nervous system is the body’s most important freeway of information and impulses, the Vagus nerve. This nerve is responsible for many different tasks including, but not limited to heart rate, digestion, sweating, speech, coughing, fainting, vomiting, and sleep.
In a healthy body, the Vagus nerve relays information to the brain to monitor and control a large number of functions. However, in the body of a CRPS patient, the Vagus nerve isn’t communicating with the body. Like a traffic-digested freeway, only a few signals are making it through. This condition will eventually cause inflammation in one part (or all the parts) of the body which, in turn, causes the nerves to be “on fire.”
The heart of The Spero Clinic’s treatment and holistic approach lies in repairing and reactivating the central nervous system and, in particular, the Vagus nerve. Spero specializes in Vagus Nerve Stimulation, which is achieved by using a gentle, patented manual technique in the upper cervical spine. This allows the Vagus nerve to return to optimal function over time.
This treatment is an important cornerstone of Spero’s healing protocol, as it calms the central nervous system and restores the autonomic nervous system once again. As such, The Spero Clinic is currently the only facility in the world offering this treatment and boasts an 84% recovery rate.
Starting a New Life
For Moana and many other Spero patients, the road to healing at The Spero Clinic has resulted in a life without pain. After struggling with CRPS for more than 7 years, she is now pain-free, walking, dancing, and looking forward to the future, and, as she puts it, “I have gained a great support system. I have grown as a person.”
The Spero Clinic aims to continue changing the lives of CRPS patients as the only facility in the world offering its unique treatment program. For more information about The Spero Clinic, visit https://www.thesperoclinic.com.
Contact name: Kaylie Crane
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