09/07/2026
A 2010 study CRPS patients have never been told about.
Notarnicola and colleagues treated 30 people with CRPS of the inner knee. Every patient had already tried usual physical therapy and medication. None of it had been enough.
They found:
Pain (VAS) fell from an average of 8 out of 10 before treatment… to 2.6 at two months… to 1.1 at six months.
Satisfactory results in 23 of 30 patients at two months, and 24 of 30 at six months.
This is one prospective study. It is evidence that a non-invasive, non-drug tool like Focused shockwave can change the peripheral fire that keeps CRPS lit.
We use a protocol modeled on this work at our Milwaukee clinic.
Questions welcome. Bring this post to your next group meeting if it would help the conversation.
Source: Notarnicola A, et al. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 2010;36(6):874–879.
— Kevin Kane, MD / SanaMedical and Edelica Health / Milwaukee, Wisconsin