NFL legend John Elway shares 'concerning' health update as he reveals years-long battle with condition

NFL legendary backmost John Elway precocious revealed his diagnosis of Dupuytren’s Contracture, which helium has been dealing with for a fewer years. 

Dupuytren’s Contracture (DC) is simply a information that causes 1 oregon much fingers to crook toward the thenar of the hand. The affected fingers can't straighten completely, per the Mayo Clinic. 

Elway said helium was diagnosed with the illness successful his 50s, which means it was apt portion helium was the wide manager of the Broncos. 

The erstwhile Super Bowl-winning backmost is successful bully spirits astir his condition, which helium is inactive receiving attraction for aft leaving the Broncos' beforehand bureau past year.  

'After being diagnosed, I wanted to find retired much astir DC. It’s thing that a batch of radical don’t cognize about, adjacent though 5 percent of the colonisation has it,' Elway said per The Big Lead. 

'I didn’t truly cognize what it was. I benignant of enactment it disconnected until I asked our trainer, who directed maine to the manus specialist. But I deliberation that is 1 of the things we are trying to encourage, is that the earlier you question treatment, the results are overmuch better.'

'It’s astonishing successful the past 5 years, however galore radical person asked maine astir the information and the Xiaflex that treats the condition. You are not alone. If you person these constrictions successful your hands and fingers, determination is simply a non-surgical attraction successful Xiaflex.' 

Elway precocious resurfaced arsenic a contestant of 'The Masked Singer' wherever helium lasted 1 episode, the play premier successful September, earlier being eliminated. 

He sang nether the disguise 'Leaf Sheep to 'I Like It, I Love It' by Tim McGraw. 

Elway served arsenic the Broncos wide manager from 2011 done 2020. 

The Hall of Famer stayed with Denver's beforehand bureau until past April earlier nary longer being nether contract.