Individual Services
The hand therapy service will offer a comprehensive hand assessment using standardized assessment tools and provides a variety of hand therapy interventions which includes (but not limited to): fabrication of orthoses/splints; design and implementation of individualized home exercise program, oedema management, scar management; sensory re-education; desensitization program; mobilizations; client's education re: joint protection/ergonomic modification; use of thermal modalities; conditioning prior to returning to work.
Michelle Cabay BSc SROT has been a qualified occupational therapist for twelve years and is presently undertaking a Masters Degree in Hand Therapy. She has successfully completed validated British Association of Hand Therapy (BAHT) courses as well as other advanced and specialized hand therapy trainings in both UK and USA. She currently works as a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in hand rehabilitation at Northwest London Hospitals Trust and is a highly competent clinician. She exhibits extensive knowledge in anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the hand, well versed with the mechanism of a broad range of hand conditions and injuries and extensive knowledge and skills in hand assessment and hand therapy intervention in treating patients with hand and wrist conditions.
Hand Therapy
Hand therapy aims to prevent dysfunction, regain function and or reverse progression of pathology in order to enhance performance of daily life skills of individuals with hand disorders/injuries.
Common Conditions Referred for Hand Therapy are as follows but not limited to:.
Conditions commonly treated are:
Hand Trauma
- Fractures
- Peripheral nerve injuries
- Tendon injury
- Ligament and soft tissue injury (dislocation, collateral ligament injury, volar plate injury etc)
- Pain Syndromes
- Carpal Instabilities
Post Operative Conditions
- Joint replacements
- Fasciectomy
- Trapeziectomy
- Peripheral Nerve decompression/ nerve repair
- Wrist Fusion
- Entrapment Syndromes (Trigger finger/thumb, Carpal tunnel syndrome, de Quervain's etc)
- Rheumatological Conditions (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis etc)