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Old 11-04-2011, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by fmichael View Post
Jimbo -

At the risk of putting too fine a point on this, the choice may ultimately become one of working with a really good PT in re-mobilizing your hand (I would suggest someone with one of those new post-grad 4-year DPT degrees: I learned their knowledge of neuro-anatomy is incomparable) or being in a position one day of seriously contemplating amputation, where there are significant rates of phantom pain and/or spread of the CRPS to the stump.

I hate being so blunt, but don't see any way around it. I'm sorry.

Mike
Mike,
I'm not excited about the amputation idea but I'm not too clear about how to get finger nerves that are not getting any signals from my brain to work. If it wasn't for the pain I could move them with my other hand but not on their own. Short of finding where the right nerves are located and, for lack of a better term, hot wire them PT won't do anything...
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