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08/21/2005 23:58
Carolinenot registered
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08/21/2005 23:58
Carolinenot registered
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Dancing therapy
Only after reading this forum have I discovered there are other people out there with funny lumps under their feet, which I learn are called lederhose.
Mine appeared when I was a teenager, and some years later I began my profession as a movement therapist which I have been doing for 26 years. This means I have danced and danced for many thousands of hours. I have only once had pain from the lumps in my feet, which I 'breathed through' while I was moving.
The lumps have stayed there all this time but never affected the flexibility of my feet - I'm even quite fond of them !
My hand however is a different matter. Maybe if I had done a lot more handstands and cartwheels, perhaps they would have stayed flexible also ?
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08/22/2005 23:11
Wolfgang Wachnot registered
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08/22/2005 23:11
Wolfgang Wachnot registered
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Dancing therapy
Hi Caroline!
Dancing as therapy for Ledderhose is a very attractive concept! Yet it might be possible that you were just lucky (which is great!). Generally reports don't show much benefit of exercising affected hands or feet, actually some people even claim it to be counter productive. It might be that you simply have a not very agressive and stable form of the Ledderhose disease.
Your comments sound like you having some trouble with your fingers. If they are a real problem, did you ever considered needle aponeurevtomy (NA)? It can get your fingers straight and movable again. It is not completely without pain but far less than classical hand surgery (and it is cheaper).
Wishing you all the best and keep dancing!
Wolfgang
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