Acute Injuries or Chronic Rehabilitation
We provide a wide range of services to ensure a holistic and comprehensive rehabilitation.
Hand Therapy – Treatment we provide
- Assessment of your injury
- Customised program for rehabilitation
- Splints - Custom made thermoplastic for protection of injury.
- Splints - Custom made mobilisation splints to keep you active
- Game day and training splints - approved by Sports Associations.
- Custom made soft splints - including waterproof neoprene and soft braces
- Casts - including waterproof casts for all types of fractures
- Sports taping and kinesiotaping
- Therapeutic massage
- Dry needling / acupuncture
- Wound management post surgery or after an injury
- Oedema management
- Scar management
- Pain management
- Fine motor retraining
- Sensory retraining and desensitisation programs
- Strengthening programs
- Stretching programs
- Joint protection and activity modification advice
- Electrotherapy
Conditions Treated
- Fractures
- Gym or Sporting Injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Shoulder Injuries
- Tennis Elbow
- Tendon and nerve injuries
- Overuse conditions
- Trigger Finger and Dupuytren's contracture
- Carpal tunnel syndrome,
- De Quervains tenosynovitis,
- Osteoarthritis and Rhematoid Arthritis
- Post surgical care from finger to shoulder
- Amputations and detipping injuries
- Burns and plastic surgery
- Crush injuries
- Post operative management for full spectrum of hand trauma
- Pain syndromes
- Multitrauma
- All children injuries
Cyclist Injury and Treatment
Hospital Inpatient Services
Our Hand Therapists have visiting rights to the 3 private hospitals on the Gold Coast including:
Early post operative rehabilitation including wound and oedema management, as well as thermoplastic splinting and exercises is often crucial in early rehabilitation following hand surgery.
Occupational Therapy – Services we provide
- Telehealth appointments
- Mobile casting service
- Work Site Visits
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Functional Capacity Evaluations
- Ergonomic Assessments
- ADL Assessment
- Home Visits
- Equipment Prescription
- Individual Rehabilitation Programs
Who we see
Active Hand Therapy treats an array of patients including:
- Private Health funds including AHM,BUPA,HCF, Medibank Private.
- WorkCover Qld
- Dept of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
- EPC / Chronic Disease Management Plan (CDMP) plan (GP referrals)
- Other private insurance companies such as Wesfarmers, WOW, GCCC, Allianz, GIO, QBE