Dupuytren Contracture Alternative Treatment
Dupuytren contracture treatment using Alternative Medicine methods is controversial, to say the least. This section will present alternative and complementary therapy methods, while admitting that there is controversy in regard to them all.
Dupuytren contracture treatment unlike any other on the Internet
DCI recommends the active, aggressive, synergistic use of multiple conservative Dupuytrens contracture treatment measures in both its acute and chronic stages of the hand lump. The purpose of this intense therapeutic approach is to increase, to support, to enhance, the maximum healing potential of the body in general and the fibrous connective tissue of the palm in particular. Nutritionally supporting the healthy function of local tissue in both specific and general ways makes sense, so the body is given the best possible opportunity to repair and regenerate – to the best of its ability. Applying common sense and generally available knowledge about health and healing improves your chance to come out as a winner with natural Dupuytren treatment.
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“Proof” of Dupuytren Therapy
Standard medical treatment of Dupuytren contracture leaves a lot to be desired.
In modern society, drugs and medical technology with the greatest profit potential are researched most and are pushed hardest into the marketplace. Even though a particular treatment might help people, unless there is strong economic motivation to find “proof” that it works, few drug companies are motivated to invest in it. A low profit therapy (vitamin, enzyme, homeopathy) is generally ignored by the medical establishment for reason of simple economics. Often, these simple remedies are labeled “unproven” not necessarily because they do not work, but simply because no one wants to spend the time, effort and money to scientifically prove their effectiveness. A good low-profit treatment can stay untested, ignored actually, and therefore remain “unproven”. It does not mean it is a poor therapy, sometimes only that it is an ignored therapy.Even when a certain therapy has “proven” value and effectiveness, this positive or favorable verdict is sometimes only temporary. You must wonder about the actual value of scientific proof and approval for a drug or procedure, when so often they are later found to be ineffective and/or dangerous. (The reader has only to consider the recent removal of Vioxx and Celebrex from the marketplace, after being prescribed millions of times before being withdrawn.) Many times a new procedure or medication is put in the market with great ballyhoo one year, and pulled off the market with lawsuits the next year. So much for the unshakable and solid value of scientific research, extensive testing, medical acceptance and “proof”.
A few decades ago
when the medical establishment and FDA attempted to improve the American diet (fat out, protein in) to reduce obesity and heart disease, they pressured the fast food industry for compliance. In response, the fast food industry simply stated, “There is insufficient scientific proof to link a low fat/high protein diet to reduction of obesity and heart disease.” They did not say that less fat and more protein did not result in weight loss and less heart disease, they simply said that it had not been scientifically “proven”. Most agree it is logical for a low fat/high protein to be beneficial to health, yet it was “not adequately proven” and for this reason the request was safely ignored. Only after the American consumer demanded less fatty food and fewer empty calories, and created a financial incentive to decrease fat and increase protein, did the fast food industry respond by offering an improved menu for the public.
With all of this in mind, “proof” that a therapy works should be put in perspective.
Learn about the DCI Alternative Medicine Dupuytren Treatment Philosophy
Suggestions how to talk to your doctor about natural Dupuytren contracture treatment:
1. Get to the point and keep it there. Don’t waste his/her time, and he/she will probably give you more of it.
2. Have a print-out ready from the treatment area of this website that explains what it is you want to do. Give it to your doctor to look over.
3. Say something like this, “I want to do more to help myself. I have read some things about alternative and complimentary treatment of Dupuytrens contracture that are used by medical doctors from all over the world. I know there is a lot of controversy about treatment, so I want to know what you think. I know that there is no perfect agreement about the results of using some of these things, but I would like to try it anyway. These treatments are not perfect, but then no treatment has been found perfect. Other doctors think these therapies show promise, as you can see. What do you think?”
4. Listen carefully to what your doctor says about your ideas. If your doctor has a reasonable and open mind, as you would hope, you will not be brushed aside. If you are brushed aside, ignored, or treated badly, you will have to determine how to respond. Weigh very carefully what is told to you by your doctor, and then make up your mind how you wish to proceed.
Suggestions to guide your Dupuytrens treatment plan:
1. Read and learn about the various therapies. Understand why each is important.
2. Be aggressive. Overwhelm the problem, support your health in a broad area.
3. Diversify. Use both internal and some external therapies. From the internal options, consider some nutritional and some enzyme therapies. Mix it up.
4. Consider what you know about yourself. Select options based on you personally.
5. Discuss your ideas with your doctor.
Looking at all these good Dupuytren’s contracture treatment plans. Have you any advice on radio pulse waves by a chiropractor or radio zapping done by radiology that they do for tumors?
Greetings Debi,
Radio wave therapy is not a popular or widely used Dupuytren’s contracture treatment. I suppose it comes down to results, or lack thereof. It is most often advised and used for treatment of early Dupuytren’s contracture. You can use the search function to locate several longer answers I have written on the subject of Dupuytren’s contracture treatment with radio waves.
DCI has collected reports from 8-10 people noting moderate to marked levels of success with their Dupuytren’s contracture natural treatment with an aggressive application of DCI treatment protocols, for each report of failure. That is a noteworthy level of success. If you have more questions, please let me know. TRH
I am seeing a hand surgeon for the 1st time on Monday 12/20/21 . is there something I need to know before I see him? A lump started in the palm of my hand a month ago.
Greetings Lacey,
Yes, there are two things you should know. First, if the lump on your palm is Dupuytren’s contracture, it is young and not well-developed. The surgeon will likely tell you to come back for surgery when your finger is bent toward your palm by a cord of tissue that will develop. By letting some time pass, your body will be given an opportunity to heal the DC and disappear without treatment, as sometimes happens. This is because the body can and does heal and eliminate DC spontaneously for some people. This is where DCI comes in. We attempt to help that natural healing process; more about this at the end of this response.
Second, there are certain things about Dupuytren’s contracture hand surgery you should know. For example, that a surprising percent of hand surgeries for Dupuytren’s contracture experience reactions and side effects that prompt additional surgery. You see, due to the nature of the basic problem of Dupuytren’s contracture, the hand produces an excessive amount of collagen and fibrin (scar tissue) when it is injured or cut (as in surgery). I frequently communicate with people who have had 3-4-5 and more DC hand surgeries, with the result that the hand is much worse than the original Dupuytren’s contracture. The highest number I have encountered is nine hand surgeries on one hand; the last surgery was for amputation of three fingers. Further, it is frequently said by doctors, all Dupuytren’s contracture hand surgery eventually results in recurrence (return) of Dupuytren’s contracture. It is just a matter of time. Sometimes the DC recurrence is almost immediate, less than a year, and other times it can take 12-15 years. From my experience talking and writing to people who contact DCI for help, the average person begins to see some degree of DC recurrence in 3-5 years. Perhaps 10-20 percent seeing recurrence in less than 2 years. It is not uncommon for recurrence to start in less than a year. Keep in mind, that when DC returns it is almost always worse than the original case of DC because of the nature of DC to cause greater and greater scar formation with each cutting of the tissues involved.
Surgeons tend to play down the risk involved so that a patient will go through with surgery. You must ask frank and honest questions, and not be intimidated by the doctor or think that you are being mean by asking direct questions. Some reasonable questions, if you want to learn what might happen:
1. How many hand surgeries for Dupuytren’s contracture do you do in a year? How many total DC surgeries have you done in your lifetime?
2. Based on my current condition, what is your best estimate of what my hand will be like immediately after surgery, one year after surgery, ten years after surgery?
3. Can you guarantee that I will have a hand that is just as flexible, just as pain-free, with good blood circulation, after hand surgery as I had before I developed DC?
4. If you cannot guarantee I will be back to complete normal, what guarantee can you give me? Can you say my hand will be 99 percent useful, 75 percent useful, 50 percent useful, 25 percent useful, 2 percent useful?
5. If you cannot guarantee anything about my hand after surgery, why not? Why are the results so difficult to predict? If the results are difficult to predict, does that mean my surgery is risky and could possibly have a bad outcome?
6. What percent of your DC hand surgery cases have no pain, no stiffness, full and normal use of the hand after surgery?
7. What percent of your DC hand surgery cases have moderate pain, moderate stiffness, moderate use of the hand after surgery?
8. What percent of your DC hand surgery cases have terrible pain, great stiffness, poor use of the hand after surgery?
9. What was the outcome of hand surgery after the last 10 cases of DC you operated on, that are like my DC?
There are exceptional hand surgeons. They get better than average results. They are far and few in between. And, unfortunately, there are less than average hand surgeons. They get poor results that are kept hidden within the medical community. Ask many questions. Have a friend or relative go with you when the doctor talks to you about your hand and the surgery. If you cannot have someone with you, ask why not. Find the best surgeon available. Look around the DCI website for other articles I have written about finding a great hand surgeon. It can be a disaster when you do not have a great surgeon working for you.
Consider using non-invasive natural Dupuytren’s contracture treatment, to assist natural healing, as found on the DCI website. We have been doing this work since 2002. We have never gotten a report of recurrence after use of our therapy approach. Our results are good. We receive reports from 8-10 people telling us of moderate to marked improvement of their DC, when using our large plan as instructed, for every one report of failure. If you try our approach for 3-4 months and it does not help you, you can always have surgery later. TRH
I have read about your treatment for Dupuytren’s disease and am intrigued. I live in the UK and wondered if the treatment is available here. I have had surgery twice on each hand for contracture and have been told that it’s not wise to keep on having hand surgery as the disease is very aggressive. Therefore, I’m wondering what else I can do. I would really appreciate your comments.
Greetings Charmian,
Yes, Dupuytren’s contracture can be very aggressive. Some cases start slowly, and undergo long periods of dormancy, only to accelerate later. Most are major problems within several years of onset. In my experience, only rare cases of Dupuytren’s contracture remain small.
Yes, hand surgery for Dupuytren’s contracture will sooner or later cause the DC to recur. When the recurrence develops, it will always be worse than the original level of contracture and debility. Sometimes this recurrence will take up to 10-15 years to occur, but this is rare. Some recurrences appear within six months of surgery! The average recurrence is around 2-3 years. Each surgical intervention will result in more worsening. The all-time record was someone who told me she had eight hand surgeries on one hand for Dupuytren’s contracture, and eventually had amputation of part of that hand.
It is best to not start hand surgery without first trying conservative treatment. DCI suggests doing all that you can to attempt natural healing of the DC nodule and cord. This can be accomplished by using one of the DCI treatment plans.
Since you have had two hand surgeries on each hand, I suggest you consider using the DCI large plan. Because hand surgery always results in more scar formation with people who already have proven they make too much scar tissue in their hands, along with loss of much hand tissue thanks to what is done during surgery, there are limits to what can be accomplished after hand surgery. However, all people are grateful for any improvement they can accomplish with our therapy plans. After having hand surgery, a DC patient knows that they are in big trouble. So, even small changes can seem huge. DCI can make some things better, and perhaps delay for many years you need to even think about having more surgery. DCI has sent orders to the UK for over two decades, so feel free to place an order. TRH