Hi! I noticed a small nodule and thickened cord in my left hand this evening - no pain or restricted range of motion at all yet. So, I was searching around trying to figure out what it might be and I started reading about Dupuytren's disease. I was shocked to find that one of the related diseases is frozen shoulder! I have been dealing with a frozen shoulder (resulting from a disclocation/fracture about 10 months ago) in the same arm. Has anyone else had a frozen shoulder and then noticed the occurrence of a nodule on the hand of the same arm? It is a pretty common occurrence? Is it a bad sign that I have the nodule and the frozen shoulder?

Hi I'm 57 and a woman. I had a frozen left shoulder about 12 yrs ago, then a frozen right shoulder 2 yrs later, both recovered nicely, each took about 10 to 12 months but there was no residual lose of range of motion. 18 months ago I noticed the lumps in my left palm and last Jan my little finger started contracting. In Nov. I had surgery only on my little finger, results are not good. The surgery seems to have started a flare up and now I have at least 3 cords in my palm, my hand hurts and I'm still going to physiotherapy to try to get back to where I was before the surgery. My ring finger is starting to contract, I'm now looking into the needle procedure. If you do have Dup., research it well before any treatment.

Hi Australia Calling. What the surgeon does not tell you that generally when you have surgery the clock starts clicking towards the next surgery. I 've had 15 surgeries including 4 skin grafts. Consider Radiotherapy!!!!!!! It was not until I found the Dupuytren Society that I found there were other options..

I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's in my early twenties with just a few nodules but it lay dormant for about 15 years (I'm now 40 years old)
I contracted frozen shoulder last year and suffered terrible pain from this condition and pretty much lost the use of my left arm,I received a steroid injection from my doctor and then went on daily physiotherapy for about 2 months,but as soon as I regained the use of my arm my Dupuytren's has come back with a vengeance but this time with contracture,I put this down to coincidence but now after reading some articles on-line i'm not so sure.

The relationship between frozen shoulder, Ledderhose, and Dupuytrens seems quite evident to me. When I was in my late teens I had a bump removed from the bottom of my left foot. I now believe it was a nodule. I have several on both feet now. In my early forties I had both shoulders freeze one after the other. Around the same time I noticed a bump in the middle of my right hand and a couple of years later the matching bump on the left. I’m 50 now, and though no contracture yet, it feels like it might start happening soon. I’ve been following Dupuytrens on the web since the first bump on my right hand. First on the Biospecifics site and then here. When the time comes I will likely travel somewhere to try needle Aponevrotomy before trying surgery if necessary.

The thing I would like to mention and this is strictly anecdotal. When I get plenty of sunshine (Vitamin D) my hands and feet seem to ache less and feel better. Living in a northern climate (Winnipeg) day light and exposure to the sun can be rather limited for long periods of time. Luckily, I have a south facing window at work and I can usually manage a couple of hours of sun even in darkest winter. When we don’t see the sun for a few weeks I really notice a difference. Both in the way my hands and feet feel and in my general physical well being. I think I should likely be taking a supplement. I don’t know if this will help anyone here but you might want to keep it in mind.

James