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Designed around sore, tired, recovering hands

Every feature exists to make hand recovery clearer, safer, and easier to stick with. Lead with relief, clarity, and confidence — not with clinic software.

Looking for the NHS Hand Therapy app (UK) or comparing hospital-branded tools? Here is how HandTherapy.app differs as a web-first companion — same search intent, different product.

Hand-heavy jobs (education)

Desk, trades, retail, clinical, and kitchen roles shape load and flare patterns. One tap opens the closest patient education profile — not job-site clearance.

Hand-heavy jobs

One tap opens the closest patient profile for education and app defaults — not a diagnosis or job-site clearance.

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Measure your hand progress

Turn recovery into something you can see and explain.

Track the signals that matter most — pain, stiffness, swelling, numbness, weakness, grip, range of motion, dexterity, and daily function. Left and right hand tracked separately. Logging takes under 30 seconds.

  • Daily check-ins with one large action button
  • Trend summaries shown before charts
  • Weekly progress dashboards for patients and care teams

Personalized onboarding

Start with the person, not a generic routine.

Tell the app what you are dealing with — injury, surgery, fracture, arthritis, carpal tunnel symptoms, nerve symptoms, weakness, stiffness, or a hand difference. The app uses that context to shape a safer starting path.

  • Progressive disclosure — never one painful intake form
  • Tappable hand map for affected areas
  • High-pain rescue flow instead of a long questionnaire

Hands-light UX

People with hand pain should not have to fight the interface.

Large controls, voice-friendly check-ins, audio guidance, and fewer taps. One-handed navigation, persistent pause/stop/help, and forgiving forms make the basics possible on hard days.

  • Voice input for symptoms and notes
  • Audio cues during routines
  • No tiny sliders, drag-heavy controls, or precision gestures

Phone-based exercises

Practice strength, control, and dexterity without extra equipment.

Camera framing checks, screen-based dexterity drills, haptics, and audio cues. The signature ghost-hand overlay demonstrates movement and mirrors progress within your safe comfort range.

  • Range-of-motion checks calibrated to your baseline
  • Dexterity games for finger isolation and reaction time
  • Auto-pause when fatigue, tremor, or unsafe movement is detected

Personalized routines

Stay consistent without doing the wrong thing forever.

Routines adapt to symptoms, pain, fatigue, confidence, and recent adherence. On hard days, a minimum-viable session keeps the habit alive without forcing a full routine.

  • 2 to 3 minute micro-sessions
  • Reduces intensity after pain spikes or next-day stiffness
  • Saves progress even if you stop early

Risk education

Understand warning signs without pretending to diagnose.

Plain-language education on common hand risks. When symptoms suggest risk, the app pauses routines and clearly recommends professional care.

  • Calm warning language unless urgent care is needed
  • Stop rules shown before and during routines
  • Post-surgery guidance locked behind clearance reminders

Exercise education library

Know what each exercise is for, how to do it safely, and when not to.

Tendon glides, nerve glides, range-of-motion work, grip strengthening, pinch, dexterity drills, scar desensitization, edema control, and gentle mobility — each with previews and stop rules.

  • Animations or short clips before each exercise
  • Goal labels: stiffness, grip, dexterity, swelling, numbness, mobility
  • Clinician-clearance warnings for post-surgery and immobilized injuries

Surgery & recovery education

Clearer way to understand restrictions, timelines, and red flags.

Plain-language pages for common hand and wrist surgeries. Education without replacing clinician guidance — surgeon instructions always come first.

  • Carpal tunnel, trigger finger, tendon repair, fracture fixation, and more
  • Red flag awareness: drainage, fever, spreading redness, new deformity
  • Locked routines until clinician clearance is confirmed

Hand condition learning center

Learn about hand conditions without self-diagnosing.

Condition pages for arthritis, carpal tunnel, tendon and nerve issues, fractures, scars, and more. Save topics to discuss with your clinician.

  • Symptoms, common triggers, and conservative care concepts
  • Condition-specific safety notes
  • Linked to your symptom tracking and progress summaries

Risk factor & prevention education

Notice flare-up patterns without blame.

Track risk factors like work, hobbies, repetitive motions, vibration exposure, and chronic conditions. Connect flare-ups to possible triggers when enough data exists.

  • “Day in the life” prompts after pain spikes
  • Simple insights only when supported by data
  • No deterministic claims or medical conclusions

Insurance, workers' comp & disability support

Organize recovery records without legal or medical claims.

Export date-stamped summaries of symptoms, function, adherence, pain spikes, missed work, and trends. Helpful for personal records, therapist review, or supporting documentation.

  • Weekly therapist summary
  • Surgery recovery summary
  • Work impact and personal health record exports
Research & transparency

See how HandTherapy.app uses literature as a trust layer — without claiming RCT-level proof for the product itself.

Open research direction

Ready for clearer hand recovery?

Start with a guided exercise or tune a weekly plan in this browser. Add your email for native app launch alerts when you are ready.

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