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Sep 10
1 min

Radio interview - listen here!

I was interviewed by Business Talk Radio on August 26th; get a listen HERE to hear about how hand therapy and holistic health coaching ar...

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How to choose the RIGHT mobilization orthosis for a stiff joint

handsonwellnessot

Aug 21
1 min

How to choose the RIGHT mobilization orthosis for a stiff joint

Ever been faced with a stiff joint (stiff PIP joints anyone?) and not know which orthosis is the correct one for your patient? Do they ev...

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Love to garden but have wrist or hand pain?

handsonwellnessot

Jul 21
2 min

Love to garden but have wrist or hand pain?

Maybe you have popping and/or clicking in the wrist especially when turning your palm down? The wrist is a complex structure of 8 tiny wr...

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handsonwellnessot

Jul 20
1 min

Terry Thomas Sign

Who? Terry Thomas was a famous British actor & comedian who became well known during the 1950s and 1960s and who had a famously large gap...

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handsonwellnessot

Jun 29
1 min

The always-tricky PIP joint

The PIP joint falls in flexor zone 2 and extensor zone 3 and is a notoriously tricky area of the body to rehab mostly because of the comp...

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Boutonniere deformity and the ORL Tightness Test

handsonwellnessot

Jun 11
2 min

Boutonniere deformity and the ORL Tightness Test

The PIP joint is prone to deformity with even slight alterations in the delicate balance of forces around the joint. Around the outside ...

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handsonwellnessot

Jun 1
1 min

Lessons learned as a hand therapist...

LISTEN, talk less See each person's pain, experience, and trauma as UNIQUE - there will never be another person like the one in front of ...

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handsonwellnessot

May 28
2 min

Elson's Test

DIP extension is NOT what you want if you suspect a central slip rupture! A test to evaluate integrity of central slip / to r.i. complete...

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