Assessment and management of common wrist and hand conditions
The wrist and hand pose a challenge for many therapists in musculoskeletal practice. It is a complex area anatomically and functionally, and therapists who are not treating them regularly often lack confidence with clinical examination, diagnosis, radiology interpretation and management.
This 2-day course will build your expertise and confidence when dealing with a wide range of wrist and hand injuries and pain problems. It is very hands-on, including practical skills for clinical examination, and some introductory thermoplastic splinting techniques. Your presenters, Ian Dowley and Jay-Shian Tan, have approx. 35 years of wrist and hand clinical experience between them.Who will benefit most from attending the course?
1. Physios in private MSk practice with intermittent exposure to patients with wrist and hand problems, seeking to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing these patients.
2. Physios in the public sector working in outpatients, emergency departments, or the burns/plastics/hand therapy areas who wish to expand their knowledge and skills.
This 2-day course will build your expertise and confidence when dealing with a wide range of wrist and hand injuries and pain problems. It is very hands-on, including practical skills for clinical examination, and some introductory thermoplastic splinting techniques. Your presenters, Ian Dowley and Jay-Shian Tan, have approx. 35 years of wrist and hand clinical experience between them.Who will benefit most from attending the course?
1. Physios in private MSk practice with intermittent exposure to patients with wrist and hand problems, seeking to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence in managing these patients.
2. Physios in the public sector working in outpatients, emergency departments, or the burns/plastics/hand therapy areas who wish to expand their knowledge and skills.
Learning outcomes
- Evaluate the functional requirements of the wrist, hand, and fingers with reference to the specific tissues which are placed under load
- Develop confidence in triage of acute wrist, hand, and finger injuries to determine optimal management pathway
- Understand and demonstrate competency explaining common mechanisms of injury or pathophysiology of common wrist and hand conditions
- Demonstrate competency performing and explaining common clinical diagnostic testing for the wrist, hand and finger
- Demonstrate competency in justifying when to refer a patient with wrist, hand, or finger pathology for imaging
- Understand the relevance of specific radiographic findings in the management of wrist, hand and finger conditions
- Demonstrate treatment techniques/strategies for wrist and hand conditions
- Formulate management plans for wrist, hand, and finger conditions from onset to resolution
- Demonstrate competency in applying basic protective splinting and taping for wrist, hand and finger injuries
Prerequisites
- This course is only available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists.
Presenters
Ian Dowley
Ian Dowley is a 1993 Physiotherapy graduate from Curtin University. He is the director of Flex Physiotherapy, a Perth private practice he established in 2005 with a focus on the wrist, hand and upper limb. Ian has been working exclusively with upper limb patients since 1997, and is passionate about training, encouraging and resourcing physiotherapists to gain expertise and confidence in the practice of hand therapy.
Jay-Shian Tan
Jay is an Australian Physiotherapy Association Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who has worked at Flex Physiotherapy since 2012 providing second opinion management for people who have complex and chronic conditions. He has a passion for research-backed management, not always to offer a quick fix, but aiming for lasting, long-term change for his patients. In 2018 Jay commenced his PhD at Curtin University, continuing in his search for further knowledge and expertise as an evidence-based physiotherapist. He continues to consult at Flex Physio on a part-time basis while also working at Curtin University in a teaching and supervising capacity for both postgraduate and undergraduate students. He is the Chair of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia WA and is the WA state delegate for the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia national committee.
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