Dec 2, 06, I was walking on the sidewalk and stepped onto a covered manhole. The lid tipped in, my foot went in with it up to my knee. I twisted sideways and landed on the concrete onto my elbow and hip. Since then - I have extreme pain shooting out from my knee. The MRI and the Xray both show thinning cartilage but nothing remarkable to explain the pain I am having. I was finally referred outside Kaiser to physiotherapy where the doc did his exam and stated "you have RSD. I would like to get you started on water therapy quickly, you might still have a chance at beating this." I am very optimistic. I have a few other questions on another post here that maybe you might be able to help answer. I will find it and bump it.

I plan on contacting the phys med doc and asking for a referral to neurology. I am looking to try and nip this in the bud if it's not too late.