RSD does cause movement disorders (how peculiar that a neurologist would say that he doesn't know what to do for her! doctors - humph). Anyway, RSD certainly can and does damage the parts of the brain that process messages to 'tell' body parts to move. You might want to read some articles in the RSDSA library, they include some from a fall 2006 conference on the latest treatments (http://www.rsds.org/2/library/index.html), and also ask your doctor about a Spinal Cord Stimulator trial. A new medical article that might be helpful to your neurologist is by Robert Schwartzmann, , Schwartzman,R.J.; Alexander,G.M.; Grothusen,J., Pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 6(5) 669-691 (May 2006). Schwartzmann also published an oldie but goodie in Neurology 40(1) 57-61 (1990) called The movement disorder of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.