The difference between type 1 and type 2 is actual nerve damage. Type 1 is no nerve damage and type 2 is nerve damage. Typically those with type 2 will have an EMG done and it'll show that there is nerve damage in the limb that was injured. :-)

Yup, you got the terminology right. You go from SMP to SIP, maintained to Independent.

As for blocks, I was forced by WC to get one a year and 3 months after I was hurt. My pain was already independent by then and had been for quite some time! All it succeed in doing was throwing me into a flare for 2 months with a pain level that hovered around 15-20 every single day. I couldn't lay down, sit down, stand up, walk, etc. LOL I was so glad when it finally went back to "normal."

Hugs,

Karen