NEW YORK — About five years after he retired as a Broncos quarterback – or about the time he was getting inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame – John Elway was diagnosed with a hand condition, Dupuytren’s Contracture.

“It’s a condition with your hand that essentially pulls your fingers in towards … and eventually gets to the point where you can’t straighten at all,’’ Elway said Thursday morning during a promotional appearance for Endo Pharmaceuticals on the “Today Show” in New York.

Elway said a couple years ago, he was recommended a non-surgical procedure, and so far, it’s working.

“It’s really been a relief for me because what really bothered me when I finally went back to the doctors I couldn’t pick up a football … and for me to not pick up a football, that was an emergency,’’ he said before urging viewers to click on factsonhand.com for more information.

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