when i first got hurt the docs thought i had fractured my elbow, so they put me in a full arm cast. it was only in there for like 2 weeks when it got taken off, so i should have been ok, but like u my arm was completely stuck. it was like that for months. i went to intense PT where he forced my arm to move into normal position (i was on a TON of pain meds!) until it finally would begin to stay straightend out. its still not completly straight, but if i hold both arms out my left looks only about 2 inches shorter then my right. if i keep my arm bent for a while it will start to get in a stuck position again. both my therapist and my docs said its from the rsd...