Thanks Sandy our usual therapist was not the one who tried the massage so luckily she went back to therapy today. She had a hard time with it but she was brave. Her head is a little straighter on her shoulders now.
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Originally Posted by SandyRI
Heat is awesome. Moving around in a warm water (in the 90's) therapy pool or applying a heating pad applied to her painful areas may make her feel better. NEVER use ice. Voltaern gel, Flector patches and Lidoderm patches may also help alleviate some of her pain.
I can't stand to have anyone touch me in my affected areas, let alone massage me. You may want to ensure that your daughter only see PT's are familiar with RSD and know the right way to treat the syndrome (if she'll even agree to go back to PT at all after what happened!) It's hard when a therapist has caused you a lot of pain to ever trust them to touch you again. Most of the exercises that I did at therapy were passive - just gentle stretching to keep my ROM.
The best of luck to you. There are some moms of teens with RSD on this forum.
XOXOX Sandy
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