I’m an Aussie and my father had this! His grandfather was from Austria, a German Jew, who escaped to Australia just before the war. I’m wondering if there is Viking there? I doubt it though. His grandmother was from Ireland, so that’s more likely.

My father had it, and insisted that we had some Swedish ancestry, though our family were Jews from the Russian Empire's Ukraine!

apparently BOTH SPOCK AND MORK had this viking contracture...... (edit in addition) so this means vikings raided much further than the americas, as far as vulcan and ork.....

There is no end to the number of labels physicians can come up with to help explain someone's condition which they are sometimes changing too while very few physicians have enough time and hindsight years to take an adequate medical history after an elderly person has been sent to them because their family doctor retired. Unless they are a professor too. Dupedrons disease or instead only Keloid scarring in people like really old farmer's wives and old now farmers daughters too while biases about fragile white women still do exist.

My father had it, my sister and I have it, my son had it(died last year). My family originally came from Scotland, where Vikings settled.

I have found it is a lack of Magnesium. When I spray Magnesium oil on my hand it never progresses.

Pedant mode, Palmar not Palmer

All the Viking bots commenting have no idea. This is not a good thing.

Divorce caused my plantar fasciitis. I am only partly joking. We had two beagles, and they needed to be taken on long walks several times a day. I did the morning and evening walks, and my wife did the two mid-day walks. When she left me, the dogs stayed with me, I was suddenly responsible for all four walks, half an hour each, totalling two hours of brisk walking a day. After just a few weeks of this, I started to experience foot pain, which turned out to be plantar fasciitis. This has been going on for at least six month now. Since my dogs do need their walks several times a day, I can't see much chance of cutting down on the exercise load, unfortunately. I will try using the other fine methods, such as shoe inserts, stretches, and splints, and hope they help.

If I am having a bout with thumb pain and spasms, I apply an Icy Hot or capsaicin cream at night, next place a mitten warmer inside a thumb or wrist support where the base of my thumb will rest . Caution to put several layers of tissue or cloth between the mitten warmer and skin, so that it all is not too hot. If it feels too hot after the mitten warmer has heated up, or if the skin is too red, add more layers in between and loosen up the support straps. I find the deep heat very comforting and healing. Several nights of,this really helps. Just again be careful that it doesn't get too hot while you are sleeping.

Brilliant video and advice, I’ve got it on each hand the pits between the small finger and ring finger at the palm, I’ll take onboard your advice with moisturiser and stretching.✋🤚😎

Very well explained. Thanks lot

I’m the one with Viking blood, but my Scottish wife has the affliction.

About 5 years ago at age 59 my pinky on my right hand had a very severe bend in it. I had the injection of Xiaflex done and it worked somewhat. I had to have a second injection a couple of years later. It's not perfect, but considerably better. Now I'm having the same issue with my left pinky, and it's also starting to affect my right index finger. I'm considering the surgical option for it this time. I'd post a picture but KZbin does not permit that. Thank you for the video and your descriptions of the options.

My symptoms are reducing since giving up alcohol.

Descended from Denmark through to France to Scotland and on to Aotearoa 6 generations ago, I have 57yrs. Glad this video appeared as recently I've wondered what is happening to my hand. I'm an artist and craftsperson and thought it was related to overuse but now I know!! It's Viking-hand by Odin!

oh lucky me I had Viking hand along with another 0.000001% of the planet had the surgery to fix it (unbelievably in Sept 2020 too!!!1) and its 90% okay but like lot of med stuff I get cold winter aches

I suffer from this and think it was caused by the cane on the hands in primary school.The headmaster took great delight whacking me week in week out. Another bully teacher loved pulling me by my ear,until they split away by the lobe.They might of been Vikings from the way they liked to terrorise children.

Nice to know about the Viking link, having been born in East Anglia with relatives going back many generations. Think i can say that I have a Viking gene in my system. Interestingly my condition started in my mid thirties and then stopped getting any worse, as i am now in my mid sixties sounds like it might start to progress again?

My brother has this, we are Scottish so Vikings are not out of the realm of possibility.

Yup, time to see a surgeon. PS: My Great Grandmother was born on the North side of Iceland, Great Grandfather, Norway. We can trace our tree back to Vikings.

My Dad had this and had to give up being a cook because of it.

My dad is Swedish and Irish and my mom is Danish. My dad, my two sisters and I have dupuytren’s. I had surgery just in my baby finger and not the palm of my hand, A few years have passed and I am waiting for more surgery and I feel more knowledgeable about this condition through your clear explanations. Many thanks. 🇨🇦

I have had Dupuytrens in both hands but only beginnings of curvature in the right. It was debilitating and painful. I couldn’t use my hands. I had a course of very low dose radiotherapy and now it’s gone. I also had it in my feet (Ledderhose disease) and again curvature on the right…. Thankfully I am on the mend

My late husband had this. He was a redhead. My Father also had red hair and I have started with this on both hands.

Excellent summation of this condition.

My brothers both had hands that looked like claw-fists with terrible contractures in both hands and even thumbs frozen to the first finger. Repeated surgeries were temporary fixes unfortunately.

My father, and both of my brothers and now I have Duputrens. One brother has had hand surgery 3 times and it is back again. Surgery on his foot also. We are Irish/ German.

This is just a great presentation!

I've just recently found a Norwegian ancestor, so I tell my Dad. First thing he says is "explains why my hands so fucked" his middle fingers are basically fused, feel bad for him

My brother-in-law didn't react to any treatment and he's currently contemplating having two offending fingers amputated so he can go back to using the rest of the hand. He's Danish, as am I. I have it too, but at 72 years old it hasn't worsened much since I first noticed the lumps 12 years ago.

I went to my GP because I’d noticed some funny little lumps in my palms. I’d never heard of Dupytrens Contracture before. I was in my 40’s/50’s then. Fortunately for me , apart from a bit of an exaggerated ‘bowl’ in the palms and curve to the little fingers my hands have stayed pretty much the same and I’m 87 now! This is the first time I’ve seen any info or helpful videos on the subject, so thank you - really appreciate it. 👍❤️😁

The women of my wife's family have this in their feet. That's why I have long heard of this condition but rarely hear of it in women and in the feet. Could the diagnosis have been wrong? They are of Swedish heritage.

Had for years.

2 of my uncles had this I had a clicky index finger for a while Dunno if related

Make a cuppa very hot tea, now between sips place the hot outerside of the cup against the noodles on the inside of the palm on the nodles and keep the hot cup there until the pain tells you other wise do this a few times over some days and bingo the lumbes in your hand will have gone, but if a finger is already bent this procedure won't straighten a finger but stop any more others developing. Ron.

I'm 66, Dupuytrens on right hand ring finger medically diagnosed at 62. It was pulling the finger inwards at the knuckle joint, lumpy & was quite painful. Went Carnivore the same year, no more carbs, sugar, fructose and after a year the D band had more than halved in size. Has continued to shrink. When stretching my palm and fingers out flat the 'band is almost no longer noticeable. NO medical intervention required and its now almost invisible. Carnivore has also reversed a raft of other health issues i had & proves to me we are what we eat. Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿 💚🌏💚

I had surgery years ago and my right hand has started hurting again. I don’t want any more surgery. I don’t know what to do about it. 🤷‍♀️

Yes, I am of Scottish ancestry, and one of the tales was that a Norse prince shipwrecked on the isle of Lewis, and became our great great grandfather. I thought this story fascinating and quaint , until my Father got severe Dupuytren's contracture in both hands. This required surgery to fix. Since then I have a propensity to raid places and wear a hat with horns. Also have Swedish blood.

Odins Blood! What a great video. I have this condition and will be attending an orthopaedic unit at the local hospital in a few days time. I would say I have an more advanced problem as I can’t lay my palm flat.. if I played a lot of snooker it would be of some use but as I don't these days it’s time to get things sorted. I began to notice these pits in my right hand but this hasn’t advanced a great deal. A pit formed on my left hand a couple of years later and this has progressed to finger bending and I am at the stage of having problems putting my hand in my jeans pockets etc. I also experienced numbing of my finger when I sleep sometimes although not sure that is directly related to this condition.

I am Polish , female , and I have it . Mild so far , only on left hand .

What is the difference with a Viking hand and a Swedish, Danish and Norwegian hand?

I'm 72-years-old today, I used to have severe hip, joint and thump pain. I didn't want to take aspirin all day. Since I was 60, I have been taking Turmeric every day. I have not had ANY joint pain or mobility problems of any kind. I ride a bike, I race walk every day for 1/2 hour and have no pain. I started the Turmeric right when the pains began. I pay about $10 for a bottle of 740mg, 250 capsules and I don't get it from Costco, too expensive. It's been a life saver. Plus I have 1/2 a banana everyday for my Sciatica pain, the pain is gone.. That's all it took to solve that issue. I am not on any medications. I suggest you start early if you want to try Turmeric because once the pain has been going on for years there's not much you can do. Turmeric rebuilds the "cushion" within the joints that normally will wear away with age.

This condition is a real bustard when it's the little finger that's affected & one plays ( or used to play ) a musical instrument !

If you know something worth announcing, try to do it without having a verbal diarrhea. If you like listening to yourself, do it in private. I have turned you of.

Mine appeared in my 50's and has stopped progressing or regressed. I'm now 71. Also, I've never heard the name pronounced, and guessed it was "Doo-POY-trens".

I’m 76 and have had DC for 10 or 15 yrs. My father (from Coventry, and with French Huguenot ancestry) had it. My mum had severe arthritis, as I do, but never mentioned DC as such, though her ancestry is solid Yorkshire. I notice that I saw only one comment on here that mentioned the possible Neanderthal origin of the DC dna, though at least one video on Utube suggested this. On balance, I think it sounds a lot better to be associated with Vikings than Neanderthals! (though I suppose it might be both?).

Bill Nighy has it.

My grandfather and father had this. Wow, I am part Viking!!