Hand Therapy
After surgery you may be referred for hand therapy. Hand therapy serves to enhance the outcome from surgery and ensure that post-surgical complications are minimised.
In conjunction with your doctor’s instructions, your therapist may:
- Explain your injury/surgery in detail
- Remove/minimise your surgical bandages to allow exercises to start
- Redress the wound
- Remove your sutures
- Apply a splint
- Prescribe exercises to minimise post operative stiffness
- Implement techniques to minimise scar production
Not everyone needs surgery, so your Specialist or GP may refer you to a hand therapist for splinting, casting or bracing, exercises and strengthening or oedema management.
Common Hand Conditions We Treat
- Elective and Traumatic Hand Surgery
- Fractures
- Soft tissue sprains/ Sports injuries
- Dislocations
- Tendon injuries
- Nerve injuries (such as carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, nerve palsy – pre and post surgery)
- Overuse injuries (including tendonitis, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis and tennis elbow)
- Arthritis and other inflammatory conditions (pre- and post-surgery)
- Post traumatic stiffness