Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD and CRPS) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I) and Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)(RSD and CRPS)


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Old 08-30-2007, 02:15 PM #1
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Hi there - its Alison here,
Ive recently being having problems with my balance. When I am walking my bad left leg shoots out in front of me without me having any control of it.
I have just been to see my Physiotherapist who basically said that the balance problems put on and that I am doing it to get out of walking. I would love to get back to school and see my friends and have a walk round a shopping centre, so why would I put myself through this?
My Physiotherapist tried me with a Gutter Frame but I was still falling back and the frame was also 4 inches too small for me!!!

I was just wondering whether this is a Side Affect of RSD or whether my Motor Nerves are affected with RSD as well- please get back with your opinion
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hi Alison,
Iam having trouble also with my balance. I seem to be falling alot. My legs just seem to go out and down I go. I have to use crutches now and even with them I have a problem. I fell again the other day. There is no way i could go for a walk. Iam so bruised and hurting much more now from the falls.
I don't know if it has to do with RSD but I was never like this before.
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Hi Ali,

I also have balance problems. I don't have it to the extent that you do because to date I don't have active RSD in my legs. But, I haveto say, I just sortof fall over. It's like my brain (or inner ear) gets confused and stops providing balance for a second. Many times with many symptoms I'm not sure what's RSD and what's the medications.

I hope you're doing ok. I follow your and your mom's posts often. How did the flight go?

Please know that there are others out there that are thinking of you and pulling for some pain relief.
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Hi Dealingwithtos,
Thanks for replying it looks like we are going to have to talk to my Consultant abbout my balance problem. We have not gone on holiday yet, we go mid September for 3 days.
I will write back shortly
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I also have a balance problem but I do not fall. Its just when I start to walk sometimes I will start straight and immediately my body will tilt to one side and I will start walking sideways and I have to catch myself. I hate it
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Many thanks for all your replies
I will pass on the information to my Physiotherapist if thats OK
My Children's Hospital is quite a small unit who have dealt with about 20 young people with RSD in the past 4 years
I think a lot of the reasons why they don't believe that I have lost my balance are that they simply haven't seen anyone with the same problem before !!!!
If I was an adult the actual number of people the Consultant treats would be greater (wider age range etc etc etc) and I'm sure that they would have come accross something similar
Unfortunately until I am 16 I have to stay under the treatment of the Children's Hospital so any evidence that I can give that a certain problem is "normal" in RSD will help get them to take me seriously and stop them trying to force me to use equipment I do not have confidence in or which still leaves me liable to a fall if I use it unaided
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Hi Ali

I got RSD when I was 16 and I was treated mainly by adult consultants. You really get a much better standard of care as a child - I promise you! I have been messed around so much by consultants who believed I was too young to be this ill with RSD.

You live in the UK don't you. Why don't you see if you could be referred to the Bath PMP? it has a long experience of working with young people with RSD. Also Bristol Childrens hospital has some experience, as does Cardiff and a couple of other hospitals. There is also a consultant up in Scotland (whose name I have currently forgotten) who is also considered a specialist in paediatric RSD, oh and Great Ormond street also has a rehab program for children with RSD which is often quite succesful. Could you ask your consultant or the physio to contact one of their physios to talk about your treatment??

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Alison

I use a walker. Since full bodies RSD I have real bad balances now. I cant stand alont. I have fallan done stairs and broke rite foot, fallan in strreat, outta bed wen I get up and stuff like that. Do not feal badd and let yo docta know that it is really real! Hang TOUGH!

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A walker is only something that has helped me out somewhat with this problem (I would still fall occasionally, and I had to hang on for dear life), and muscle relaxants have helped me out the most (my balance problems were caused by severe tremors; I also deal with my legs giving out on me).

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