Hi RUReady, I was just think about something that helped me greatly and prevented sensitivity issues a lot of RSDers have. They taught me this at physical therapy. Take 5-6 plastic bowls and put say coffee grounds in one, cotton balls, beans, sand, popcorn kernals. run your hands, feet thru them every day. It desensitizes your skin-sense of touch. even a bowl of different fabric textures. I believe, because of this, I'm not sensitive to touch, clothes. When my toes started curling up, my Dr. had me in the pool 86 degrees and counter curling them while swimming. In about 4 months my toes were touching the floor again. In 15 years, I am totally mobile except with one hand-it'slike a claw-delayed diagnosis and didn't get pt soon enough.
Before physical therapy, I found massage therapy helpful in warming up the muscles and got further in pt. I even got Blue Cross to agree to pay for massage therapy. A ortho surgeon wanted to break my frozen shoulder after 50 treatments. I called insurance and told them what he wanted to do, but I wanted to continue with pt and massage. they said they would be happy to pay for massage. I didn't know I had RSD for 4 years-so glad didn't have that ortho operate.
Take care, glad to have you. And sorry too for your injury at work doing a good service for 'us'. We all appreciate the work you do for us.
One of your friends,loretta