Hey,

I am very sorry to hear about what has happened to your daughter. I hope this straightens out soon.

I cant help too much with the nerve block but the same thing happened to my right hand for about a month. I was incapable of moving it (and it wasnt pain preventing me from moving it although there was a lot of pain bc already had rsd there) for about a month. My hand was forming a fist and I also was experiencing a severe loss of balance because of my right leg (not from a block though, they still really don't know why). The top half of my leg would jerk me one way while the bottom half jerked me the other way and I would violently be thrown to the floor eachtime (stupid leg). I went back to using crutches for a day until my pt took them away from me.

But anyways, what they did to help prevent my hand from staying in a fist was use a hand splint they use for stroke victims at the rehab center. It was a styrofoam splint. It was a big rectangle for the hand part and a small one coming out for the thumb. They duct taped it and used the softest material they had that velcroed on. It went over the hand to help keep it straight. It didnt help the function (immobility, but they only made me wear it an hour at a time until my doc said no). After a month, I got function back in my thumb and slowly back in my fingers (except index ).

The only thing that they could think of that happened was something called a conversion disorder/reaction (I forgot). But they never really went into finding out what happened. But ask if this is a possiblity.

I hope this helps. Keep us updated.

Nikki