Hypermobility affecting the upper limb and information on how hand therapy may offer strategies for managing daily activities, from senior OT.
Discover what causes tennis elbow, why it’s not just for tennis players, and how Action Rehab helps with diagnosis and recovery. Help for elbow pain
Is your phone causing thumb or wrist pain? Learn common conditions, symptoms, and practical tips to manage technology-related hand injuries.
Cheering too hard at the AFL finals? From clapping strains to high-five mishaps, Action Rehab can help you recover from hand and wrist injuries.
Cheering too hard at the AFL finals? From clapping strains to high-five mishaps, Action Rehab can help you recover from hand and wrist injuries.
Injuries to the hand or upper limb can have a serious impact on a worker’s ability to perform their job, particularly in industries that rely on manual tasks and repetitive hand movements. There is however good news: early intervention through hand therapy not only improves recovery outcomes, it also significantly reduces time off work. Here’s…
Ganglion Cyst of the Wrist and Hand Pathophysiology: Ganglion cyst is the most common mass of the hand, and when present at the dorsum of the wrist around the scapholunate interval, there is little doubt of the diagnosis. When this mass occurs in other locations or is multiloculated, the diagnosis may be less obvious. Generically,…
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis (DQV) is a painful, inflammatory condition caused by tendons on the thumb side of the wrist. Specifically, these are the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) tendon and the abductor pollicis longus (APL) tendon. The pain is aggravated by movements such as the grasping of the hand, abduction of the thumb and ulnar deviation…
What is De Quervain’s tendinopathy? De Quervain’s tendinopathy is inflammation of a sheath through which tendons of the wrist and thumb pass through. It can arise from repetitive overuse of the thumb as well as wrist instability, leading to inflammation which limits gliding of the tendons. This can result in high levels of pain at…
Whether it’s through a sporting incident, clumsiness, or other trauma, a broken bone is never an enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, it’s quite common for our hands, wrists, and arms to bear the brunt of injury – our natural inclination is to use our upper limbs to catch ourselves during falls or protect ourselves from injury to…
