Hi Metzie; I'm the unhelpful one that chimes in from time to time. Your left hand looks pretty much like both my right and left hands. I also have LD in both feet and have had for 45 years. My view is that splinting won't help. I also think that protecting your hands won't help.

I have decided that I will ignore the issues and push through. I have now had surgery once on one foot (at total fail) and on one hand (a partial fail) and NA six times (good results 5 times and no benefit the 6th). It just keeps coming back.

My view is "Manage it don't baby it". Seems to matter what I do it does what it wants to do regardless of what you do. So:

1) I wear gloves in the gym to reduce the calluses that would otherwise build up on the DD lumps.
2) I have a double grip on my tennis racquet so that I don't get cramp in my hand.
3) I am careful picking up wine glasses as my fingers don't go out straight and I often knock them over.

That's it. Over the past 45 years I have been given splints 3-4 times and they have been a waste of time. I have also been told to to give up weight lifting and virtually all forms of exercise. The disease keeps coming but what a great disease. - its the one that doesn't kill you.

I have taken the alternative route. I do everything. Gym 6-7 times per week. Tennis 3 times per week. Gym boxing with my daughter when she asks etc etc. No splints, no special protection.