• A snapping or popping feeling when you move your fingers or thumb. It might feel like your affected digits are “catching” or getting stuck as they move.
• Pain and stiffness when flexing your fingers or thumb in toward your palm.
• Soreness in your palm near the base of your fingers or thumb. This pain is usually worse when you’re gripping or grasping something.
• Swelling or a tender lump in the palm of your hand.
• Your fingers or thumb locking (sticking) in a flexed position. You might need to use your other hand to gently push your fingers to straighten out.

Dupuytren contracture gets worse slowly, over years. The condition begins with a firm lump in the palm of the hand. This lump can be painful or painless.

Over time, the lump can extend into a hard cord under the skin and up into the finger. This cord tightens and pulls the finger toward the palm, sometimes severely.

Dupuytren contracture most commonly affects the two fingers farthest from the thumb. The condition often occurs in both hands

• Procedures to correct hand injuries or conditions
• For degenerative hand conditions, nerve compression syndromes, and injuries
• Many of the most common hand surgeries are performed on an outpatient basis with local anesthesia
• Involves orthopedics and rehabilitation