Hi ,
A GOOD physiotherpist who is knowledgable about CRPS/RSD will not concentrate on "torturous" techniques but on graded motor and mirror imagery.The will also concentrate on keeping our limbs moving within our own particular boundaries.
I have physiotherapy twice a week and my limbs are not touched.
Perhaps I am extremely lucky but over the last decade I have never been to see a physiotherapist whom I didn't consider having my best interest at heart.
I am sorry for those of you who have suffered at the hands of what seem to be poorly trained and uninformed Physiotherpists but CRPS and the correct treatment thereof is taught as a very large part of the training these days.
Hopefully this will mean there will be an influx of PT'S who deliver up to date care into the system.
Take care all
Tayla