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Cairns Hand Clinic offers the following specialist services
"Hands On" Services
- Diagnosis and detailed testing of hand and upper limb pathology
- Prescription of therapeutic exercises and functional activities
- Custom made thermoplastic, leather and soft splints
- Post operative care
- Wound care, dressings & topical agents
- Compression bandaging, massage etc to control swelling
- Desensitization & sensory retraining
- Myofascial trigger point therapy and massage
- Strapping and bracing
- Hot and cold therapies
- Electrical modalities
- Ultrasound therapy
- Progressive strengthening programs
Services to get you back to work, rest & play
- Worksite Assessments & suitable duties plans
- Home Assessments
- Prescription of aids to daily living
- Ergonomic assessments
- Functional testing & reporting for employers and insurers
- Group education re: injury prevention and management
Common hand & arm conditions
Hand therapists proved treatment for the following common conditions
- General stiffness following injury or surgery
- Bone fractures and bruising
- Joint dislocations and instabilities
- Ligament tears
- Arthritis
- Tendon lacerations and ruptures
- Nerve compression
- carpal tunnel
- cubital tunnel syndromes
- Crush injuries
- Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) or Cumulative Trauma Disorders
- Tennis or Golfer's elbow
- Trigger finger & thumb
- DeQuervain's tenosynovitis
- Burns and electrical injuries
- Dupuytren's disease or contracture
- Nail bed injuries
- Infections
- Cysts & Tumors
- Pain syndromes
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Common hand & arm surgery
Hand therapy is an integral part of treatment following operations to the hand and arm including:
- Bone fixation
- Tendon repair, grafts or transfers
- Nerve repair
- Ligament repair
- Skin grafts and flaps
- Joint replacement (arthroplasty) or reconstruction
- Joint fusion (arthrodesis)
- Scar revisions
- Joint releases
- Nerve decompression
- Replantation or re-vascularization of digits
- Amputation revisions
- Ganglionectomy
- Tenolysis
- Tenosynovectomy
- Nail bed repairs
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