Hi Frogga,

We posted at the same time

Following on from what you are saying...interesting. I do have RSI in my non-RSD right hand/arm, which would seem to fit the theory of over-compensation. But I don't buy that theory at all.

Overcompensation usually leads to RSI or musculoskeletal disorders. My experience is that a) I never did much with my left (RSD) hand anyway, so not much to compensate for - I'm very dominant right - and b) the RSD pain is persistent, never goes away, whereas the RSI pain does if rested. That's a blindingly obvious difference to someone with both, they're just not the same thing, although both are excruciatingly painful.

I do think that with RSD there is some mechanism at work of the mirror and phantom limb pain variety.
all the best