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The following article about DuPuytrens Contracture case is kindly provided by Pippa Kiraly, an inspirational Buteyko Educator since 2004 in Seattle, WA. Pippa was a nurse and a lifelong serious asthma sufferer who after 35 years on steroids and many other drugs was able to recover by applying the Butyeko Method. With her improved breathing she went trekking in the Himalayas in 2003, climbing to 10,500 feet in the Annapurna range. | |
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DuPuytrens Contracture is a hand condition in which there is painless thickening and fibrosis of the palmar fascia with localized formation of scar tissue beneath the skin accumulating in the fascia that normally covers the tendons that pull the fingers to grip. | |
| As Dupuytren contracture progresses, more of the fascia becomes thickened and shortened. Dimpling and puckering of the skin over the area eventually occurs and it can become impossible to straighten fingers, usually the fourth and fifth.How could Buteyko alleviate this?It has, in one client I saw last September.S.E. 61, a Rolfer, came to me for allergies and asthma and I taught her a course Sept 21-28, 2009. She also checked offmuscle and joint pain, anxiety and bladder irritability.
October 14, 2009 S.E. told me of the hereditary DuPuytren’s Contracture affecting her left hand, saying that, along with the other symptoms for which I had taught her, the inflammation and soreness in her hand after a day of Rolfing (a form of deep tissue massage) was diminishing. Looking at the hand, I saw a dead white patch about the size of a silver dollar in the center of the palm, with a thickened tendon, also dead white, prominent in it. This patch, she said, was smaller than it had been, and her hand less sore. Her CP had risen slightly, from the mid teens at the end of the course, to mostly averaging around 20 at this point. November 17, 2009 I saw S.E.s hand again. To my astonishment, the palm color had changed from white to pink, and the tendon was less prominent. Her CP was still inching up, low 20s at this point, but her other symptoms were continuing to unprove. December 18, 2009 S. E. has eye surgery coming up, and is fighting a cold. Her general symptoms continue to improve, and her hand also. She said in an e-mail: “The palm has more color and is softer and looks less ‘glued down.’ I was able to do a full week ofRolfing with no resulting soreness in that palmar fascia, which is great. I would not say the sense of contracture is completely gone, but it is so much better and continues to improve.” S.E. still struggles with CPs, now as high as 30 or as low as 13, but she is getting a better sense of relaxation in her rib cage, diaphragm, face and cranium, and then her CP rises more. February 2, 2010. S.E. reports a big shift in CP to high 20s- lower 30s, and she finds doing RB easier. Her hand continues to improve. She no longer feels pulling in the palm when stretching it. She does not say the condition has totally disappeared but it is close. S.E. has been a model client, diligent and observant. I will see her again when she comes in for a refresher class February 20. This appears to be the first instance of Buteyko helping this condition. If you wish to contact Pippa, send Email to info@lifelongeasybreathing.com.
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