Scenario: Max was snowboarding when he fell onto an outstretched hand and sustained an undisplaced distal radius fracture. Treating a Colles Fracture With Hand Therapy Distal radius fractures are a common injury, caused mainly by falling onto the hand. The most common type of distal radius fracture is a ‘colles’…
Scenario: Martin is 50 years old and started to develop a lump and cordlike structure in the palm of his hand, that is pulling his ring finger into a bent position. He is having trouble putting on gloves, washing his face and getting his hand in his pocket. What Is Dupuytren’s…
Scenario: Susie fell on her outstretched hand and is now experiencing pain when twisting her forearm and during weight-bearing. What Is a Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury? The triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) consists of the triangular fibrocartilage disc, radioulnar ligaments and ulnocarpal ligaments. It stabilises the ulnar side of the wrist…
Scenario: Christopher was using a drill at work. The drill bit grabbed and twisted his whole hand. He sustained a 4th metacarpal spiral shaft fracture and when he bends his finger it crosses over the middle finger. Treating a Metacarpal Spiral Fracture The metacarpal bones are the long bones in…
Scenario: Tom is three years old and his mother noticed the tip of his thumb was stuck in a bent position. It occasionally clicks which causes him pain. He underwent surgery to release the A1 pulley. Trigger Thumb In Children Trigger thumb is common in young children. They likely have…
Scenario: Katherine was walking her dog with the lead wrapped around her hand. Her dog suddenly pulled and the lead caught and yanked her finger. The middle joint is now swollen and she cannot straighten her finger. What Is a Central Slip Injury? The central slip is part of the…
It is quite likely that you will have to visit a hand therapist at some point in your life, but what exactly is hand therapy? Let’s take a look. Hand therapy is rehabilitation designed specifically for the upper limb. A hand therapist can either be a physiotherapist (hand physio) or…
Scapholunate injury scenario: Graham works in the army and had a fall on an outstretched hand. Since then he has had pain while doing push-ups and has lost strength in his hand. Graham may have sustained a scapholunate injury. The wrist consists of 8 carpal bones, 2 of them being…
DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis Scenario: Kate, a new mum, has developed pain in both of her thumbs from picking up her baby. DeQuervain’s is a condition where the two tendons that insert into the base of the thumb, the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis brevis (EPB), become inflamed inside of…
Scenario: John is a 26 year old who was playing basketball and sustained a mallet injury when the ball hit the end of his finger. A mallet finger is when the terminal extensor tendon avulses from the distal phalanx with or without a piece of bone, resulting in an inability…
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