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Topic: Who Else Has This Problem? |
Gene Sharp
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Cypress, TX. - N/W Outpost, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jul 2003 4:24 pm |
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Does anyone else have a problem with one or more fingers closing? What is the name of this affliction or disease and is there a cure for it?
[This message was edited by Gene Sharp on 31 July 2003 at 05:25 PM.] |
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Tony Orth
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Evansville, Indiana, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2003 6:13 pm
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Gene,
I don't know if this is what you mean, but I had developed a "trigger" finger, the middle finger on my right hand, from playing the bass for several years. It "clicked" as I flexed it for a while and finally just about clean locked up. Very painful. I finally had to have surgery to free it up.
It works fine now but I still find it get's a little stiff once in a while. You can search the web and learn about trigger fingers as they are fairly common among musicians.
Following the surgery, I had to lay off the playing for 2-3 weeks. It takes about 4-6 months to fully recover.
Best Wishes
Tony |
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Steven Welborn
From:
Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2003 7:41 pm
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| Hi Gene, say....do you happen do be a coffee caffein addict? I've been struggling for years with this addiction. It's a matter of the straw that broke the camels back according to my doctor. Starting to cause muscle contractions (spazms). [This message was edited by Steven Welborn on 31 July 2003 at 09:14 PM.] |
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Gene Sharp
From:
Cypress, TX. - N/W Outpost, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Aug 2003 5:48 am
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The tendon of my middle finger on my right hand is shortening and pulling my middle finger in toward my palm. I can still open the othr fingers all the way but I can only open the middle finger about 80%.
I can still pick because I can move my middle finger in a picking motion, but sometime in the future my middle finger will touch my palm and I will be unable to use it at all. Hope this clarifies my problem.
Thanks,
Gene |
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Bob Carlson
From:
Surprise AZ.
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Posted 1 Aug 2003 7:49 am
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I had this happen to me also. I had surgey on both hands to fix them.
The surgen said nobody knows why...but your brain sends a signal down to your tendon that it needs healing so it grows scar tissue around it. He also said it doesn't matter what you do for a living, it can happen to anyone.
He cut my hand open and cleaned the tendons off and now they are ok. Of course he did one first then the other after the first had healed up.
Bob[This message was edited by Bob Carlson on 01 August 2003 at 08:56 AM.] |
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Mike Baxter
From:
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Bob Carlson
From:
Surprise AZ.
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Posted 1 Aug 2003 9:45 am
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Mike, thanks for the info. Both my Father and Mother came over from Norway which gives me Viking blood. Also my father had this very bad but back then in rural Iowa nobody knew what it was.
Bob
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 1 Aug 2003 11:49 am
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| Gene:A good friend of mine passed away recently,He had Dupuytren's contraction.the first two fingers of his right hand were curled up,and he would have to pull them open.Although he did'nt play music there were many things he could not do with his hand in that position.He was getting ready to have surgery on it.He had told me that it was mostly people of scandinavian descent that were prone to it,as he was.Hope you get it takin care of.Stu |
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Gene Sharp
From:
Cypress, TX. - N/W Outpost, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Aug 2003 5:46 pm
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Thanks to all for the information. I have read on the web that vitamin E in large doses slows down the progress. I take 1000 mg of Vit E d-Alpha a day.
Thanks,
Gene |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 1 Aug 2003 6:23 pm
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| I may be out in left field in suggesting this, but would acupuncture aleviate the condition ? Might be worth checking out...? |
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