Hand Therapy at M&A Therapies?

Hand therapists are specialists in being able assess people with pain, weakness, sensory change, loss of movement and other problems affecting the hand, wrist and forearm.  

The assessment process will include focusing on you,  history taking, understanding the functions you undertake in life, observation and palpation of structures and detailed analysis of aspects of the hand such as range of movement, dexterity, sensation, swelling and strength.

Hand therapists work with people who have a short term or long term hand dysfunction in which may have arisen from:

• Arthritis

• Work related upper limb disorders (such as "RSI")

• Fractures and other trauma

• Soft tissue injuries (to ligament, muscle etc)

• Compression syndromes (such as tendinitis and carpal tunnel)

• Dupuytren's disease

• Wrist conditions such as pain and instabilities

• Sports injuries

• Artists, Musicians, Hairdressers are professional groups of whom have a higher incidence of hand problems

Hand therapists work very closely with hand surgeons making a team of experts to address every hand, wrist and forearm problem.