handsonwellnessotMar 7, 20211 minYour Healing Helps OthersKarma yoga is the yoga of action or work; specifically, karma yoga is the path of dedicated work: renouncing the results of our actions...
handsonwellnessotFeb 25, 20211 minLOVE can help with pain!Researchers at Stanford have shown in a new study that love can mediate pain by stimulating the same areas of the brain normally targeted...
handsonwellnessotFeb 24, 20211 minNutritional support post-injuryAlthough inflammation is a normal (and absolutely necessary) part of the healing process, did you know that in some people inflammation...
handsonwellnessotDec 1, 20201 minLove yoga but hate your wrist pain?The wrist is a complex structure and there can be many reasons for wrist pain and the "no pain no gain" adage is not always the best...
handsonwellnessotSep 10, 20201 minRadio 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...
handsonwellnessotAug 21, 20201 minHow to choose the RIGHT mobilization orthosis for a stiff jointEver been faced with a stiff joint (stiff PIP joints anyone?) and not know which orthosis is the correct one for your patient? Do they...
handsonwellnessotJul 21, 20202 minLove 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...
handsonwellnessotJul 20, 20201 minTerry Thomas SignWho? Terry Thomas was a famous British actor & comedian who became well known during the 1950s and 1960s and who had a famously large gap...
handsonwellnessotJun 29, 20201 minThe always-tricky PIP jointThe 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...
handsonwellnessotJun 11, 20202 minBoutonniere deformity and the ORL Tightness TestThe PIP joint is prone to deformity with even slight alterations in the delicate balance of forces around the joint. Around the outside...
handsonwellnessotJun 1, 20201 minLessons 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...
handsonwellnessotMay 28, 20202 minElson's TestDIP 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...