20 Oct Healing stitches: the therapeutic benefits of knitting and crocheting
While the main purpose of knitting and crocheting may be making a gift for a friend or adding something new to your wardrobe, these crafts...
hand pain Tag
28 Jul Feeling sore at your desk? Here are 3 helpful stretches
Simple finger, forearm and shoulder stretches for work-related muscle pain It’s been a long week at work. You’ve spent the last five days sitting at your...
20 Aug Raynaud’s Disease: Cold, white fingers!
The first time my fingertips went cold and very white, I was a little freaked out. They looked white, almost dead. My thoughts were: What...
25 Apr Yoga and your wrists
Do you have difficulty with certain poses in yoga due to your wrists? Yoga is a popular activity that benefits our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing....
28 Feb Is there NOTHING I can do about my crooked painful hands?
Have you recently noticed your fingers and/or thumbs looking a little peculiar, feeling painful and is it starting to worry you? You may have seen this...
14 Feb If I wait, the pain will go away, right?
As a hand therapist I see many patients who say ‘I have had the pain for a couple of months. But, I thought that if...
02 Jan Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
What is Repetitive Strain Injury? Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is an umbrella term which was once used to describe a wide range of upper limb conditions...
06 Dec What every musician ought to know about hand, wrist and elbow injuries
As hand therapists, we see a lot of musicians with painful hand, wrist and elbow injuries. Most are keen to get back to their music...
11 Oct What do hand therapists do?
The term 'hand therapy' is little known in Australia, yet it plays an enormous role in the lives of thousands of people every year. Here,...