As hand therapists, we are constantly trying to find motivating and fun therapy modalities that serve a functional purpose in the rehabilitation of our patients.We have recently purchased a number of Danish Inimove tools, which provide an opportunity to progress our...
QUESTION: A 51 year old female office worker tripped over at home and landed on her hand, sustaining a broken wrist. It is swollen and painful. What should she do? What Is a Broken Wrist? A Distal Radius Fracture is a fracture of the end of the radius near the wrist,...
QUESTION: A 51 year old female office worker tripped over at home and landed on her hand, sustaining a broken wrist. It is swollen and painful. What should she do? What Is a Broken Wrist? A Distal Radius Fracture is a fracture of the end of the radius near the wrist,...
Anne is pleased to report that the third cochrane review update of Surgery for thumb (trapeziometacarpal joint) osteoarthritis has recently been published in the Cochrane Library. This review analysed 11 randomised clinical trials including 670 participants having...
QUESTION: A 58 year-old right hand dominant admin officer complains of pain at the base of her thumb when opening jars, turning keys, writing and knitting. She is worried that she is developing arthritis, and remembers how debilitated her mother was with arthritis in...
