Tennis elbow - gradual progress

[watervole]

The elbow is still sore (2 1/2 months now), but I know I'm gaining a bit.  I can tie shoelaces, do up a zip, pull up the quilt on the bed and other things that have been impossible at various other times.  I'm able to do some concertina playing.  I can even do poi for a couple of minutes as long as I'm careful about which moves I try and don't do them too fast.

And then I'll reach out to put a small object two feet ENE of my body and yelp.  Or try to do a dance with a hoop and have to abandon the hoop as soon as it has to be tilted to the left and back again.

Comments

[ranunculus]

Hi,
Found you while wandering around in the ether. Wanted to thank you for mentioning Dupuytren's Contacture, which I am undoubtedly in the beginning stages of.
Also lovely to run across a journal where someone talks about what they -do- not just what TV program they are writing fan-fic for! :)

[watervole]

Hi. Nice to meet someone named after a buttercup!

Dupuytren's is surprisingly common, but a lot of people aren't aware of it.

Stick around - you'll learn a lot about morris dancing - grin!

[ranunculus]

I confess that I have only once or twice ever actually danced Morris. Those were chilly May mornings.... On the other hand I have danced a good deal of English, several years of Scottish, and several years of Square dance. Dicey knees have made me leery of Morris.

Here are a couple of pictures for you of Joe and I.

[watervole]

Can't see the pictures...

Border morris is a bit easier on the knees. North West Morris is the worst for knees - the clogs make sure of that!

[ranunculus]

OOps, probably forgot link...
http://ranunculus.dreamwidth.org/345349.html

[watervole]

Nice to see you.

Joe looks handsome!

[ranunculus]

Oh, and I think you are the first person I've ever friended who actually knew what a Ranunculus is!

I've know about Dupuytren's for a lot of years, Dad had it moderately, but I never had a name. My fingers started to contract a couple of years ago. Since then I've done a lot of stretching, some of it quite painful. This had the effect of reducing the size of the biggest lump and reverse the contracting - for now. I don't expect it to be a satisfactory long term answer. BTW, I'm classic with other autoimmune inflammatory responses - Grrrr.

[watervole]

I'm a gardener with an occasional weakness for knowing the Latin names of plants. Why did you pick the name? (I'm now channelling Gilbert and Sullivan "They call me Buttercup, dear little Buttercup")

Have you considered radiotherapy for Dupuytren's? It has a good chance of preventing any further deterioration.

(I don't think Dupuytren's is an auto-immune problem -though I could be wrong. The problem isn't inflammation.)

[ranunculus]

Having the name, I went out and looked at some info on Dupuytren's. Apparently in some cases it is associated with but not necessarily -caused- by a generally over-active auto-immune system. Err, at least that was what I understood.
Anyway, I may indeed go and see someone more than my GP who shrugged and said oh, that, can't do anything.

I had a crush on G&S when I was a teen....

Buttercup. Beautiful glossy yellow flowers, cheerful, tough, kind of prickly stem. I thought it was an apt description. :)

Garden = yes.
Mine: http://ranunculus.dreamwidth.org/363113.html

[watervole]

Explore this site - http://www.dupuytren-online.info/

The Dupuytren Society is dedicated to collecting research and making the results available to people. Without them, I'd never have had radiotherapy - never have known it was possible.

[sammason.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're on the mend. Tennis elbow is a right bugger that seems to take forever to resolve.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

So your exercise was/is successful - slow but obvious progress!
Thanks to you, I have no more problems.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Great ! It's wonderful to know your problems were helped.