Magnate
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,304
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Magnate
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,304
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Have you tried swimming? Warm water PT is great for RSD.
In case it is RSD do not use ICE! Do not allow more surgery until you get a diagnosis.
Regular PT can be harmful. Make sure your therapist has RSD experience or is at least knowledgable.
Pics are NOT enough for even a qualified RSD doc to determine what's wrong. There are other disorders that are similar such as neuropathic pain from diabetes.
If your insurance includes mental health services, a pain psychologist would help. Not only is isolation a factor with a severe pain disorder, but there are several things you could use help addressing: financial stress, coming to terms with your changed lifestyle, how other's deal with your illness, potential disability, learning to reduce stress, learning coping strategies such as deep breathing, etc... And you might not click with the first one you meet--but there are good ones out there.
BTW, are you hypersensitive to touch? Vibrations? Noise?
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