Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome: a
case report. Langweiler MJ, Febbo TA. Journal of the Neuromusculoskeletal
System, 1993: 1;69-73
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is
a very painful condition that tends to worsen and make the
sufferer’s life miserable.
It involves the sympathetic nervous system and the structures
supplied by the sympathetic nerves.
This is the case study of
a 24 year old woman diagnosed with this condition. She had
neurological examinations in four different clinics. Visceral
structures of the entire upper body were affected: stiffness
in the upper thoracic spine, severe burning pain, numbness,
sweating, and swelling in the right arm and hand. Right arm
and hand were cold and moist with mild edema of the wrist
and hand. Entire upper right extremity was extremely sensitive
to touch with the reflexes reduced; right grip and pinch
strength were also reduced.
Although injection of anestheia
in to the stellate ganglion was recommended (stellate block),
the patient decided to try her chiropractor. Patient had initial
care of three adjustments a week (T3-T4 and C5-C6) for six
weeks. At the time of the writing of the paper she had been
back to full time work for one year with no apparent sequelae.
The
resolution of chronic inversion plantar flexion of the foot:
a pediatric case study. Ellis WB, Ebrall PS, Chiropractic Technique,
1991; 3: 55-59.
This is a case of lower extremity RSD - reflex
sympathetic dystrophy that responded to chiropractic care in
a child.
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