Common Upper Extremity Injuries and Treatment Options

 

Below is a list of some of the common upper extremity injuries that often require our hand therapy services. The list below is fully interactive - You can click on the injury, find out general information about the injury and view the potential treatment options that Hand Therapy Canada can provide to assist with your patient's rehabiliation. Other resources and links will be placed on this page in the near future.

 

Hand Injuries			Potential Orthoses
Mallet Finger			Custom DIP extension splint in slight hyperextension
Swan Neck Deformity			Custom finger gutter – PIP in 30 degrees flexion, DIP in extension
Boutonneire Deformity			PIP extension splint
Middle Phalanx and Proximal Phalanx Fractures			Resting finger gutter, Hand based intrinsic plus splint, Arcuate traction splint
Flexor/Extensor Tendon Injury			Kleinert splint, Reverse kleinert splint, Resting hand splint
Contractures & Stiffness			Dynamic flexion glove, Serial static extension splint, Wrist and elbow splinting options
Wrist Injuries
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome			Wrist cock up splint
Distal Radius Fracture			Wrist cock up splint, Static progressive wrist extension/flexion splint, Dynamic forearm supination splint
Scaphoid Fracture			Wrist cock up splint, Static progressive wrist extension/flexion splint, Dynamic forearm supination splint
Dequervain’s Tenosynovitis			Forearm based thumb spica
Contractures & Stiffness			Dynamic flexion glove, Serial static extension splint, Wrist and elbow splinting options
Elbow Injuries
Elbow Fractures			Resting elbow splint, Night extension splint
Contractures & Stiffness			Dynamic flexion glove, Serial static extension splint, Wrist and elbow splinting options