Here is a website you can point your doctors to (best explanation of this I have found):
http://www.rsdfoundation.org/en/en_c...html#DIAGNOSIS
*edited: please see link above for the full article. The website has copyright!
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Clinical Features of RSD/CRPS:
Pain - The hallmark of RSD / CRPS is pain and mobility problems out of proportion to those expected from the initial injury.
This is the best explanation I have found on the web. The 3 stages of RSD is old information.
Stages of RSD / CRPS:
The staging of RSD / CRPS is a concept that has died. (Reference 53)
Spreading: ...
An "independent type" where symptoms spread to a separate, distant region of the body. This type of spread may be spontaneous or related to a second trauma.