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I have extremely painful tightening of joints in legs and arms. It is very
painful to loosen the joints. Once loosened it takes very little time before
they tighten again. My legs ache also from this. My hand tightens also
and I can only describe it like fingers made of metal which sounds stupid.
I haven't heard of this as classic sign of crps but I am sure it is.
Does anyone else experience this?
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steve0706 Monkaygirl
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I'm not sure that I could loosen my joints when I had CPRS because of the intense pain but eventually the skin became tight and I can relate to the surreal "tinny metal" feeling...mine came with shooting pains like a knife cutting into the metal. I was diagnosed with CRPS about 8 years ago...red/purplish coloration and mostly severe burning sensation and knife like feeling when weight bearing. Went through months of pain management, nerve blocks and was told there was no cure. Then ran across a natural (which I normally don't believe in) treatment to reset the autonomous nervous system between leg and brain...3 months of immobilization, elevation and sensitivity therapy with an anionic polyacrylamide castalternating in 8 hour periods. Had relief after 12 weeks and complete cure after 24 weeks...no recurrence 8 years later. Good luck with yours...I know the frustration of being told there's no cure and then nerve blocks and ketamine treatments and all these treatments that did nothing while your life is on hold.