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  • Is stretching the hand/fingers of any use?
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    04/10/2018 16:46
    Emdoller 
    04/10/2018 16:46
    Emdoller      		Re: Is stretching the hand/fingers of any use?

    Hi Wolfgang

    Thanks for clarifying. As you know, there’s quite a bit of discrepancy wrt stretching and splinting. I know the splint, which as you said keeps my hand flat, works for me. I also know that my own pressure on the nodules in my feet, keeps my toes from contracting.

    I may try one of the other splints to see if applying pressure and hence stretching is better or worse than my current splint.

    Ed
    04/10/2018 16:49
    Stefan_K. 
    04/10/2018 16:49
    Stefan_K. 

    		Re: Is stretching the hand/fingers of any use?

    Hi jtsimpson57. I am not sure how far I would go with forceful stretching, but based on my own experience, what I would do once I feel a cord actually putting tension on a finger and starting to contract it, is wear a comfortable split glove at night to prevent fingers from curling and to have them resist the tension. If cords or nodules grow, you can also look into radiotherapy. Good luck.

    Stef

    [55, Dupuytren diagnosis 2006, RH contracture and PNF/NA 2014, radiotherapy RH 2015, LH 2017 & 2018, night splint glove RH since 2015]
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