I have aggressive DD in both of my hands. Multiple cords, lots of nodules and both palms are cupped inward. My left hand has minimal contractures in my ring and index fingers. My right hand has nodules on all of the PIP joints and my pinky and ring fingers are contracted. I had Xiaflex last year in my right hand but won't be doing that again. I also have quite a bit of pain in both hands and am wearing night splints on both hands which seems to help.

Anyway, my hands are a mess. I am also loving yoga. I just started several months ago. What I'm wondering is if anyone else here does yoga and has DD. We are trying to work out some adaptations for my hands so that I can continue to do various yoga poses. There is no way to bear weight on my hands or lay them flat, but surely someone out there has a solution to this.

Any ideas?

~ dawn

I've been trying to use a dolphin pose approach (instead of putting weight on hands I use my elbows and forearms). This really increase the stretch but atleast I'm still doing yoga!

spanishbuddha:

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Are 'push up grips' of any use? See an example http://www.amazon.com/NIKE-Push-Up-Grips...ef=sr_1_1

PatJohnston6384:

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I am using bicycle gloves at the gym. They reduce the pressure on my hands when I use the elliptical and other machines that have handles to push or pull. My hands don't ache near as much at the end of my gym session as they used to.

half finger cycling gloves and weightlifting gloves are similar, both padded in the palms
you can check them out online as well
as far as the push up bars go, I use those as well but add extra foam cushioning on the bar to lessen the impact to the palm, works good for me but your situation could be different