I am the mom of a 25 year old daughter who has been in pain for 5 years. Her symptoms aren't as severe as many I see posting. She was doing pretty well until she hurt her left foot in July playing on a slip n slide. The right foot was the initial foot that started hurting when she woke up one morning 5 years ago. At this time , she is using a cane and wears a boot on her right foot so she can go to work. I had set up an appointment with Dr. Rhondes for Oct. 1st but from reading quite a few negative reviews am thinking about canceling. One girl's pain level went fron 3 to 10. I also read a post about someone actually having nerve entrapment rather than RSD and am wondering if my daughter could have that. I wish I knew an excellent doctor here in Arizona who could help. The one thing that helps her is prolotherapy. When it first happened, her foot was hurting and she just kept going to work thinking it would get better but it didn't and the more she walked on it the worse it became until it turned purple and swollen. I could write forever. It never progressed as badly as others so I'm wondering if it is RSD. She has never been completely out of pain though. Would never entrapment cause a female to have low hormone levels? That is another side effect. I would appreciate any help. Thank you so much for reading.