A member asked:

I still have foot/ankle pain after injury and 7.5 weeks of wearing boot. both still swell and hurt. mri showed nothing. no pt ordered.

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Sympathetic pain: You may have developed sympathetically mediated pain, also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy. I would strongly encourage you to be evaluated for this as it is an often overlooked diagnoses. Early treatment is associated with a better prognosis. The disease becomes much more severe and difficult to treat later in its course. Most interventional pain management physicians are expert in this.

Answered 10/22/2013

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Most RSD : Patients take longer to diagnose. A lot of factors are involved such as the nature of injury, how was it treated etc. More info can help with better answer.

Answered 10/20/2013

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