I believe there is a connection, it happened to me, and if the nerves at the cervical level are damaged and misfiring or trying to find new routes in the brain, I do NOT understand why the docs insist there is no correlation.

It feels like I have tournequets at my wrist, elbow, underarm and above shoulder...so if those are "off" and damaged, why would they not have an affect as a whole on the body???

I get really tired of the docs - I've seen 36 now, and all but a few know anything about this rare condition.

But Dr. Annest in Denver did my surgery, and there are other docs listed on our doc thread above, so check out a few for consults, ok?

Don't give up.

I am bed-ridden and live in horrific pain but at least my surgery in 06 stopped the constant headaches and the RSD only came back once (last month) so I think it helped. I'll take ANY improvement and say "thanks" for it!

God bless you.