Hand recovery patients
Real-world situations we tune education around — not a diagnosis. Use search or story filters, then open a profile. Press / outside a field to jump to search.
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Filter by situation, work context, or recovery stage. Profiles are educational groupings — not a diagnosis. Press slash (/) anywhere on this page outside a text field to jump to search.
Post-op fracture (finger, hand, or wrist)
You had a fracture stabilized with surgery (pins, plates, or screws).
What to expect after fixation of a finger, metacarpal, or distal radius fracture. Clearance gates, swelling, and motion-first rehab.
Open profilePost-op nerve repair
You had a nerve repaired and sensation or motor control is changing.
Education for patients recovering from a digital, median, ulnar, or radial nerve repair. Sensory re-education, motor retraining, and protective sensation.
Open profileStiffness after a cast or splint
Your cast or splint just came off and your hand feels stiff and weak.
Plain-language guide to regaining motion after immobilization. Tendon glides, blocking, edema control, and frequency-over-force programming.
Open profileCubital tunnel symptoms (ulnar nerve at elbow)
You have ulnar nerve–pattern symptoms — often worse with prolonged elbow flexion or leaning on the arm.
Ring and small-finger numbness worse when the elbow stays bent? Education on positioning, pacing, gentle nerve mobility ideas, and red flags.
Open profileUlnar-sided wrist pain (TFCC-type complaints)
Your wrist hurts on the ulnar (pinky) side — often worse with twist, push-up, or heavy grip.
Pain on the pinkie side of the wrist with rotation, weight bearing, or grip? Education for TFCC-type complaints: stability, graded loading, and clinician milestones.
Open profileDe Quervain's (often new parents)
You have radial wrist pain — common in new parents, texters, and lifters.
Thumb-side wrist pain that flares with lifting, texting, and childcare. Conservative care, splinting, and graded loading.
Open profileDesk worker / programmer overuse
You type and mouse for a living and your hands are paying for it.
Typing, mousing, and phone use that produce wrist, finger, and forearm symptoms. Pacing, ergonomics, and graded mobility for office work.
Open profileHand-heavy jobs
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