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surgery review, needle job on Dupuytren's 11-Nov-2016 At 5:37:41 PM ChuckNorris

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It's interesting that the trauma (climbing) influence is gaining popularity - as my old man was convinced his started cos of having to crank start our family car for many years (I come from a long line of Luddites - we got our first colour tv around 85). However his Dr at the time was dismissive of that suggestion.

Also I only got mine diagnosed serendipitously cos of the fact he had it severely when I was young. That was before I started climbing. However if my diagnosis didn't happenmy early onset was so mild I don't think I would ever have paid it much thought (even until now) unless I started climbing as it does ache a bit after a day of climbing. And if I hadn't had the diagnosis I would have been convinced my problems started when I began climbing. I haven't read the article (I will though as it's a sorta pet interest) but I'd be interested how/if they controlled for that type of selection bias.

One thing that I recollect is that it is more prevalent in Vikings - I have Viking blood and so do all the scummy climbers in England. So my alternate and preferred theory is that people whose ancestry includes the child of a woman raped by a Viking make awesome climbers.