Dear Therapist! The Hand Amplified course is not only created to positively change the way you treat hand injured clients but to take care of your hands while doing so! An inspirational group of therapists and I spent two days together in Bloemfontein, central South Africa. Learning and sharing; critically reasoning the anatomy of the…
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Let’s spend some time talking about the role Occupational Therapy (OT) plays in Hand Therapy and the large contribution the profession makes to this specialized area of Occupational Therapy (OT). The contribution that OT has been making with regards to research, education and treatment can be dated back to World War II (Melvin, 1985). That…
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Functionality – through the eyes of an OT Here I am sitting with my hands paused on the keyboard thinking about how to put on paper what I have running through my mind. I stare down at my hands and I see exactly that, a pair of hands. I also see my reason for choosing…
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