Hi Bill,   I certainly salute your commitment to your mother and your efforts to help her. Have you checked out the Internation Research Foundation for RSD/CRPS? It looks like it might be a pretty good information source. Theres a video on the emotional consequences of the disease.    http://www.rsdfoundation.org/en/index.html   With regard to pain doctors. There is a box at the bottom of pain.com where you can find pain practitioners in your area. They don't rate them but maybe you can search around and try and figure out who would be suitable for your mother. You might check out the Foundation to see if they recommend any physicians.   http://www.pain.com/    Good luck with everything.