I used crutches for a while when it was JUST my ankle with RSD but that went out the window when the pain started to spread to my upper body. I use a 4-wheeled walker now (rollator) and it is SO much better than the crutches ever were. My walking is so much more natural now compared to the crutches and if it's becoming the sort of thing where you need them all the time you might want to talk to your doctor or physical therapist about trying the 4 wheeled walker instead. I know using crutches caused a lot of other pains in other parts of my body...which no one really needs with RSD.

I also have a cane and have had to use a wheel chair (when my spread and pain was so bad that I couldn't walk or stand at all). It took a lot of physical therapy to get where I'm at now but it really is a MUCH better place than where I was 2 years ago when things were at their worst.