Hi finrac, welcome to this site.

My husband also was diagnosed with RSD in August of last year. His is in his hand where he cut two nerves with his table saw. He was fortunate that his doctor diagnosed him as soon as his hand came out of the splint.

Others on this site are FAR more knowledgable than I am, but my two cents is to get him into physical therapy. He should try to use that foot as much as he possibly can. The therapists can also give him exercises to do at home.

My husband had three nerve blocks and took large doses of neurontin for several months. He eventually weaned himself off the medication and insisted the nerve blocks didn't help and refused any more of them. I made him soak his hand in epsom salt water every evening, we did his PT exercises together, and he took NAC three times a day, plus a multivitamin and an ibuprophen every day, and rubbed a 50% DMSO compound on his hand in the evenings.

Something in there somewhere, and maybe a combination of everything, has put him into at least a partial remission. My gut feeling is that the movement had as much to do with his remission as anything. He has really worked hard on his exercises and he continues to do so. Right now he has no pain and takes no medication but the skin on his fingers is still a little shiny and they are sometimes cooler to the touch than the ones on his other hand. Other than that, he is symptom-free and I thank God each and every day for it.

I still come to this site every day to keep up with current treatments that others are trying. You never know what the future holds and I remember well that helpless feeling of not knowing what to do or where to turn when we got the diagnosis. I want to be at least semi-prepared if this thing ever raises its ugly head again. I wish you and your husband the very best of luck in dealing with this. It is definitely a life changer, even in remission. The people on this site are a fountain of information and they are soooo willing to share. You will get all kinds of advice that you can trust and believe in.