My thoughts as someone who has cured myself of RSD on my own:

The Dutch have the best concept of actual treatment since they are closest to discerning the actual cause of RSD. Free radicals do cause inflammation, usually as a result of a specific trauma to a limb or area on the body. When obvious trauma is not present, it is simply built up imbalance in a body that has reached it's "boiling point." Regardless, the longer the body is stressed, the more imbalanced it becomes, and the less the immune system can handle.

Stress is the cause, period. It comes from only one thing: the environment we choose. Diet is a part of this. Healthy people do not randomly develop RSD.

I can speak to this personally as someone who wrongfully assumed I was healthy, prior to developing RSD. Normal weight, athletic, 33 years old, no prior history of health issues.

The body heals itself; it is our responsibility to put it in the best position to do so.

That is what I did and I no longer have RSD.

I had to challenge the common assumptions that both I and the medical field made about what IS healthy in order to determine my appropriate course of action. It is unique to the individual as to the best course of action and how long improvement will take, because we all take a different course to arrive where we do. BUT THERE ARE BASIC COMMONALITIES FOR EVERYONE.

To anyone reading this looking for the Answer: an understanding of the sources of your own stress is the gateway.

My heart goes out to everyone here because we are all here for the same reason.