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
Psychology / Adjustment to Injury Counselling Services
Our onsite Psychologist, Linda Adams, from East Qld Psychology and Counselling Services assists many of our patients through their psychological and emotional recovery of their hand or upper limb injury.
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