Hand Therapy & Orthopaedics
The hand is our most important tool. Injuries and illnesses severely restrict everyday life. Our certified hand therapists treat acute injuries, pre- and post-operative rehabilitation and chronic conditions with the utmost precision.
Splinting
Custom fabrication and fitting of static and dynamic splints to treat injuries and conditions of the fingers, hands, wrists and forearms.
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Traumatology
Treatment after bone fractures and tendon or nerve injuries to restore full function.
More on this: Broken wrist
Rheumatology
Joint protection advice and fitting of assistive devices for osteoarthritis or rheumatological conditions (inflammatory or non-inflammatory), to relieve pain.
More on this: Finger and thumb osteoarthritis
Strength Building
Targeted exercises to strengthen fine motor skills and improve ergonomics, taking biomechanical principles into account.
More on this: Fine motor skills
Knowledge
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Plainly written specialist articles on the questions we are asked most often in this speciality.
Broken wrist: the first weeks after the cast
The cast is off and the hand does not obey. It is swollen and stiff, and the fingers will not close into a fist. After a broken wrist, medically a distal radius fracture, that is the rule and not a sign that something has gone wrong.
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Fine motor skills: buttons, handwriting, zips
After a cast, an operation on the hand or a stroke, the problem is often not strength but accuracy. The button slips away, and your own signature looks like someone else’s. Fine motor skills can be rebuilt, but only with many repetitions of real actions.
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A weak grip: when glasses slip out of your hand
First it is the glass while drying up, then the jam jar. Failing hand strength has very different causes, and the most important fork in the road is whether a muscle has visibly become thinner with it.
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After hand surgery: how hand therapy continues
A hand operation is the beginning of the treatment, not its end. What happens in the first days and weeks after surgery shapes the months that follow. This text describes the medically usual course of the rehabilitation and gives you a sense of what each measure is for.
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Scars on the hand: what keeps them supple
After a cut or an operation on the hand a scar remains. It looks finished after a few weeks and is not: under the surface the tissue keeps rebuilding for months. Some of that can be influenced, but less than many guides promise.
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Trigger finger: what helps besides an injection and surgery
The finger catches as you bend it, then snaps through with a jolt. Mornings are the worst, and sometimes it stays locked and has to be straightened with the other hand. Between waiting and surgery lies more than usually gets discussed.
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