Hello my name is cecelia I have had rsd since 2009. THe same doctor has been treating me. He is a pain specialist. He performed 2 stellate ganglion blocks on me in 2009 with Ocupational therapy I was in OT for 3 years and no improvement. went to his office the other day and he recomended I have 4 nerve blocks done again with therapy. Why is he doing these nerve blocks again? They did not help then why do more? Very confused??

Has he changed his technique? Will he be using different ingredients in the SGB "cocktail"? Have you been experiencing spread?

I think SGBs can be quite useful, but unless one of the above applies, then I don't think it would make sense to have additional SGBs performed by the same doc. Perhaps you should consider switching to an experienced RSD/CRPS doc with a good reputation? (Perhaps, yours is, but there are many pain docs that treat RSD and probably shouldn't be. It often means traveling to get to o
an expert...)

Thank you for getting back to me. My wrist and finger have not bent no movement since 2009. He told me to do the 4 sgb and OT, I did Ot for 3 years, They told me that they can do no more for me. That is why I am very confused why he said he was going to try to make my hand function better. We already tried that for 3 years why would he want to do this 4 years later? Makes no sense to me?
I wanted someone elses opinion. When I go to another doctor in the area all the doctor know one another and they wont give me opinion differant from my existing physician. I think I need to go out of state. It seems to be a click .all I know is I broke my wrist had a external fixator put on and it never moved again! Thank you cecelia

I'm in a similar situation, broken wrist, surgery, later rsd/crps but much newer. SGB 4 yrs. later does seem pointless, but what do I know? I'm on #4 with little relief. Az-Di