Hi Luthier,

My understanding is that the stages are not being adhered to so strongly anymore since there is such variation in cases. Not everyone has all the symptoms and even if they do they don't have them all the time as the disease changes.

Spread does not always occur from what I have read.

If you are questioning your diagnosis and the motor control loss is a new feature I think it fair to get looked at. We owe to it ourselves to follow through on new symptoms before always contributing them to CRPS. You don't want to miss something. Did you ever have an NCS or EMG?

How is your pain these days? Could the muscle loss be from disuse or guarding?

I hope you find clarity and relief soon,