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.