My RSD/CRPS is in my left hand, specifically centered in my index finger to the point where I cannot perform my normal occupation to its fullest productivity level (writer). And it's freakin' painful!

It happened as the result of a neck injury. That being the case, why can't a neurologist (not a hand doctor which is who I was sent to) do a test to find out what nerve is being affected and then do a sympathetic nerve block or some such thing? Why is this thing considered "incurable" when it seems to me that you can, potentially, find out what is causing it and then treat the root problem vs. just the symptoms?

Also, what has been other people's experiences here in terms of the most effective therapy? I have (hopefully) 3 months of private disability insurance payments that will buy me the time to get better.

So what will work? One specific type of treatment or a combination of different treatments? Any new breakthroughs? Has any one heard of Mirror Box therapy for this malady?

Thank you anyone who can answer some or all of my questions!

piper