I noticed the fiber band in my palm in April this year. I jammed my little finger the first week of June. My little finger began to contract suddenly at the PIP in late July (about 7 weeks later) and in about 3 days was at about 75-80 degrees where it remained. I believed the contracture to be caused by the jamming until a sports Doc diagnosed the Dupuytren's which I had never heard of. He gave me some therapies: anti-inflammatory, hot-cold immersion and backward bending along with a splint to wear. This returned my finger back to straight in a couple of days. I was told I could stop the therapies after 2 weeks and wear the splint only at night however while wearing the splint full time my finger remains flat. When not wearing the splint for even a couple of hours the contracture slowly returns and after a full day without the splint I am back to the original 75 degree contracture. My DIP joint is stiff and I have lost all backward flexibility but is not contracting downward. There seems to be no contracture or any effect in the mcp joint.
Sound familiar to anyone?
Am I too early in the process to consider NA?
I read the contracture of the pip joint was the most difficult to correct. Anyone concur with that?