Hand Therapy Academy

Josh and Miranda cover how to get ready for a hand therapy rotation. 

Trigger finger is typicaly a tenosynovitis of the flexor tendon sheah that causes pain around the a1 pulley. This can lead to a locking or clicking.  Josh and Miranda cover therapy treatment for this diagnosis. 

Volar PIP joint dislocations can cause damage to the central slip.  Josh and Mirand cover the quick facts about this type of injury form splnting to therapy.

Josh and Miranda talk briefly about nontraditional manual therapy techniques.  These include cupping, dry needling, and IASTM.  

Josh and Miranda talk about what they would like in their clinic in addition to the traditional hand therapy equipment if they were given a small sum of money.     

Dorsal joint dislocations account for 80% of PIP joint dislocations.  This typically causes an injury to the volar plate which needs protection from a dorsal blocking orthosis. 

Hand Therapists, Josh and Miranda cover mallet finger injuries.  From boney to soft tissues injuries, we cover splinting and post splint therapy. 

Does it matter if it is a tendinitis vs a tendinosis? Josh and Miranda discuss this topic. 

Josh and Miranda discuss what muscles contribute to carpal friendly movements and unfriendly movements based on the type of instability pattern of the wrist.  

Covering VISI and DISI.  DISI injuries occur due to SL injuries vs VISI occur due to a VISI injury. . 

Intro to Hand Therapy Academy's Podcast.  We are going to be covering hand therapy topics in a brief 10 minutes format. 

What are some things you wish you knew as a new therapist! Josh and Miranda converse back and forth about things we wish we knew when we first started our careers.