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Don’t play the victim.Accept your role and responsibility for your illness.Take charge and do what you need to do to get better.You are your own doctor!Don’t let CRPS defne you!Know your illness. Learn words and expressions like:• Body perception disturbance (BDP): the perception that the limb has changed (weight, pressure, temperature)• Allodynia: painful sensitivity (pain to light touch)• Homunculus: the part of the brain that has a “map” for each body part• Tactile acuity: ex. someone touches your fngers on the afected hand and you can’t identify which fnger• Edema: swelling• Self-efcacy: your belief in your own abilities to reach goals and accomplish tasks Source: PARC PEARL, Volumes 16, 17 and 18Consult PARC’S magazine for more terms relative to CRPS.