In May I had a stress fracture to the 5th metatarsal of my right foot, and I am still having pain . An Orthopedic Surgeon diagnosed the pain as RSD- something with my nerves are overreacting to the trauma of the break. Has anyone ever experienced that? If so what was your outcome and how did they treat it? I am in Physical Therapy for it right now, but what happened to you all???
#1 by icesk8er on February 28, 2010 - 6:35 pm
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I also have RSD/CRPS which I got from a simple knee surgery two years ago, and my RSD/CRPS is in my right leg from my knee to my toes now. RSD/CRPS is typically caused from simple injuries like a break, sprain, or other trauma. Currently I’m still dealing with my RSD/CRPS even though my pain is fairly under control with my Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) which I’ve had issues with, but has been really the only long term solution to my pain (many other treatments were only temporary, but my SCS has been more of a long term solution). From my SCS I get about 60-80% pain relief, and if it was working correctly I typically get about 100% pain relief.
I also did physical therapy and desensitization theraphy for a few months which for me made my RSD/CRPS worse, but for many people it does make their’s better, that is one thing that is hard about RSD/CRPS is that every patient reacts differently to different treatments. I also was working with a pain manegment doctor at this time (which I would suggest getting a referal from your orthopeadic surgeon to one), and they did Lumbar Sympahtetic Blocks, I had a total of 5 over a period of a few months (which relieved my pain, but it only lasted for about a week) so my doctors began to move on to other treatment. I’ve also been on many pain, and never medications (oxycontin, or lorotab for pain, Lyrica, or Neurotin for nerve meds, I tried these at different times over a period of several months) which none helped much with my pain, but some patients do get relief from some of the nerve meds. Lastly I tried a Spinal Cord Stimualtor trial for 5 days which relieved my pain 100% for the 5 days that I had it in, so I decided to have it implanted which I’ve had to have 2 revision surgeries, and the battery replaced because of various problems. Currently I’m doing fairly well. I’m living my life in less pain than I had before my SCS, and I’m fairly happy. Certain days are worse than others, it just depends if my pain is flared up or not, but overall I do fairly well. Good luck! If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me, and here are some helpful websites about RSD/CRPS
http://www.rsds.orghttp://www.neurologychannel.com/rsd/
http://www.rsdhope.org http://www.rsdfoundation.org/en/index.ht…
#2 by sportsin on February 28, 2010 - 11:59 pm
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I have not personally suffered from this problem, but I have treated several patients who had very similiar problems…they were immobilized or in a boot for an extended period, and then had RSD, or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome symptoms like you. If it is treated correctly, it usually resolves itself completely, or at least that has been my experiences with my patients.
We treated it with medication from the physician, to decrease the nerve activity, as well as a lot of de-sensitization treatments – ie. rubbing the area of sensitivity with different types of materials, some rough, some soft, some cold, some warm. It basically works to desensitize the nerves, and calm them down. Unfortunately, it is not comfortable or any fun because the area is so sensitive.
With proper treatment, it should start to resolve itself in 2-3 weeks. Most of my patients have been completely symptom free in less than a month.