Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy RSD, The Real Thing

Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009

We have all experienced frustration with a category of patients that we have termed "the RSD patient." They present with a guarding of their extremity, a thick and complicated medical history, and a sense of frustration that they will never get better. However, we must all realize that what has been traditionally called RSD, or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, is a very real phenomenon [...]