Held the first Monday of November to spread awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). 22 million people experience the symptoms of CRPS/RSD. But too often, they’re dismissed as ‘it’s all in your head.’

The first Monday in November that's dedicated to Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) awareness. with Color the World Orange Day.

CRPS/RSD is a chronic pain disorder that is ranked as the most painful condition on the McGill Pain Index. The key symptom is continuous, intense pain often described as burning, which is out of proportion to the severity of the initial injury. There may be as many as 50,000 new cases of CRPS/RSD diagnosed each year. There are many ways to get involved, the easiest is by wearing one piece of orange – a shirt, a bracelet or an awareness ribbon – take a picture and post it to social media using the hashtag: #CRPSORANGEDAY