There is one way of having a whole community turn against you; that is by making a statement that is against accepted beliefs. "The earth rotates around the sun" is but one historic example. So, if I start my editorial by saying that I do not believe in the existence of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD: for the younger - CRPS I; for the elder - Sudeck's atrophy), I am probably sparking a scientific outrage in our community. Some may even seek to burn me on the stake for heresy......but, what if I am right? What if CRPS I is just a "fairy tale" we have made up to mask our frustration when unable to properly diagnose or treat our patients? What if diagnosing CRPS I is actually halting the progress of true science? What if the diagnosis of CRPS I is sheltering a lot of bad doctoring?
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