Hi Mike,

When my RSD first spread to my arm, the symptoms came on, full blown, straight away. I immediately had the pain after I fell and knocked my arm and within a few hours, my arm had swelt up to twice the normal size.

I now feel that I have the "wind up" that you mentioned, although I have pain with mine. I can usually tell a few days before if my arm is going to start and go into a flare as it will feel "strange" and hurt and discolour more than usual.

It is strange with me as my leg is in a constant flare ... the pain is always a 8 and a half on the pain scale. With my arm though, it will get somewhat better and then start getting worse and I experience the "wind up" that you mentioned.

Thank you for sharing all of this with us - it is really interesting. I had never heard of the "wind up" before you posted this so have learnt quite a lot!

Take care and I hope you are doing OK!