Hi this might be of interest. I've had plenty of surgery and each time I had the tingling sensation you mention. Always the risk of slight nerve damage after any intervention. In the first instant my surgeon sent me off to see a neurologist. He performed a simple test called Electrodiagnostic test (NCS) which was simply sending an electric current down the arm and measuring the time it took to reach the tip of the fingers. There is also another test Electromyography EMG test. In my case it was decided to take the wait and see protocol for 6 months . The sensation disappeared after time. Back in March of the year I experienced the same sensation after PNF and I find that now it has just about disappeared. So you can do the test if it worries you too much .
Finally I concur with Wolfgang with his comments. Don't overdo it. Leave the push ups to the young bulls.

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I had surgery on my right hand for the ring and little fingers. My surgeon was a hand surgeon with a plastic surgery background. That was 20 years ago. No recurrence. I have full use of my hand and fingers. Only the little finger has a slight bend. Scar is barely noticeable. I had two months of physical therapy. I remember it was intense, but I regained full use. Never used a splint.

I just had Xiaflex done on my left hand this week. Again I will go to physical therapy. This time for about a month.

I would ask your physio/OT, they, and nurses, are trained in recovery more than surgeons. It’s true that they will often push patients gently into a pain zone but they also know how much and when to stop so things are not worse. It would be helpful to understand what the restriction is, scar tissue, swelling, blood supply, joints, tendons and flexibility? Tackle these if they exist.

Did you see the helpful exercises posted by the BDS http://dupuytrens-society.org.uk/treatme...-fasciectomy-2/ ?

I had my surgery the end of June, 2018. It involved the palm and middle, ring and pinky fingers with scaring going up the fingers and across the palm. I had no bent fingers, but a beginning cord and nodules. Dr. said it was better to get it earlier which apparently isn’t the norm. Anyway, hand has healed nicely with flat scars. I wear a splint at night. My husband was great about massaging my scars to make sure they didn’t attach to tendons. I have been going to a physio for several months. I still cannot make a fist after 4 months, but getting close. Physio said I’m still retaining fluid in my hand which is blocking the fist closing. It’s in the pads on the palm at the bottom of the fingers. Still puffy. I guess I’m more for the 6th month “deadline.” I soak my hand to loosen it up and constantly bend and rub it. Physio is down to once a week. No grip strength, but supposedly it will return when fist can be made. I am doing weights to strengthen my fingers and wrist. Just keep using it and give it time. No doctor should be abusing your hand! The dr. Put me on low dose Celebrex to help with swelling and inflammation.

Hi Mel,
personally I would not do such painful exercises every hour. Moderate exercises several times a day might make sense and helped me to recover my hand function after surgery. I am just a patient myself but what you are describing sounds to me excessive and wrong. Would it be possible to consult another experienced hand surgeon, maybe from another Hospital or clinic, what he would recommend for PT?

Wolfgang

Melly:

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..., he told me that I need to be pushing as hard at home for ten minutes every hour. i mean, how is that even possible? It goes against the grain to push yourself to excruciating pain. Anyway, my PT had warned me to take pain killers when I saw him because she knows what he's like. I am going once a fortnight or so for PT, sometimes more if she can fit me in. She does push me to pain but not nearly as eye watering hard. So I do feel I am doing everything pretty well correctly and diligently. Soaking my hand in warm water for five minutes, pushing into all exercises for about ten. And this is EVERY HOUR. By late afternoon I just cant bear to do anymore but I do them at least 8 times a day. That's around two hours a day I'm devoting to my hand. Plus all those moments during the day when Im massaging my hand.
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