[superduck95]

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!! Hopefully 2009 will be a better year for us all! I'm writing because I am looking for another pain managment doctor. My current PM I like, though he is a very agressive doctor. He is a anthesiologist as well so he is looking at trying the nerve blocks and such. I would like to find a doctor who will try to treat from other angles including diet and psychological and possibly alternative therapies. If the doctor was an anthesiologist and treated from these angles that would be great! I have heard that there are pm's that have conservative approaches and alternative approaches. Just don't know how to go about this.If anyone has any input I would really appreciate it. My head is spinning and sometimes I just want to avoid the topic of treatment because there is so much to think about.I'm sure here some of you can relate to that. By the way the title of this post was supposed to be PM's conservative vs alternative approaches. I apologize in advance if this post dosent make sense as I am not feeling well.

[ali12]

Happy New Year! I hope and pray that 2009 is a great year for you and that you find a Doctor that you like!

I haven't really heard of Doctors that treat RSD "just" on Diet changes and Psychological input however every doctor is different and different doctors have different opinions on how to treat RSD. When I was diagnosed with RSD, my Doctor immediately did a Nerve Block as that was thought to be the best chance of putting my RSD into remission (I developed complications though) and then he sent me to Physical Therapy and to see an Occupational Therapist and Psychologist and I saw him for medications.

The 2 PM Doctors that I have seen usually just prescribe my pain medications and then send me to PT or to some other doctor that they think I might benefit from seeing. From what I understand, most doctors have a "Multidisiplinary (sp?) approach"

I hope you can find a doctor that you like and please keep us all updated when you can!