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WHEREAS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) is a nerve disorder that causes chronic pain. The symptoms of CRPS/RSD are often described as burning, tingling and out of proportions to the severity of the original injury and can include swelling and extreme sensitivity to touch;

AND WHEREAS CRPS Awareness Day is an annual event held on November 5 to spread awareness about the debilitating condition known as CRPS. CRPS is a debilitating nerve condition characterized by continuous, intense burning pain that is out of proportion to the severity of the original injury. It ranks as the most painful condition on the Mcgill Pain Scale;

AND WHEREAS while CRPS/RSD was first identified during the civil war, it remains poorly understood condition and hard to diagnose, even though it’s been around for so long it still has no cure;

AND WHEREAS the national institute for neurological disorders and stroke, other institutes of health support research relating to CRPS/RSD;

NOW THEREFORE, the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Wawa does hereby proclaim Friday, November 5, 2021, as CRPS Awareness Day and November as CRPS Awareness Month.

Dated this 19th day of October, 2021.