Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

[livingwith]

My journey began late July 2006. It was 3am and we were on a ruck march. This means walking fast/running with 50 pounds on your back, along with a weapon. I had tripped while running and jammed my shoulder and sprained my hand. I moved on. Within the next week I ignored the pain, pumped up on pain killers to complete the training.
When I arrived at my new duty, I went to the clinic because it hurt to move my arm and shoulder. Icy hot was all I was given along with limited duty. After a...Read the full article

[tamarra]

I'm not sure where you live or if you have the financial means but I would recommend Cedars Sinai Pain Management Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Laura Audell is currently treating me for RSD in my left leg and she is great! She has about an 80% success rate doing nerve blocks in people. A nerve block is where they inject contrast into the nerve. It could take as little as 3 up to 12 sessions before complete success. She explained it to me like this: numbing the nerve and when the contrast wears off your system reboots. It like rebooting your system. She has treated RSD for 21 years and she is very smart and very sweet!