Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)

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10 years ago I broke my wrist. Within a few days the casted wrist started to burn and I could not stand the cast on. I would try to tear it off, seemed no matter what I did, I just had to be free of the cast. 6 cast changes and some nerve therapy, I was one of the lucky ones. The burning pain stopped and I was able to work the arm…
Recently, I had a rotator cuff tear repared on the same side, go figure. Within a few days, my RSD came back to haunt me. I found myself taking my arm out of th...Read the full article