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Do you ever wake up and your fingers are tingling or numb? Do your fingers fall asleep during the day when driving or reading a book? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a very common condition that due to the compression of the median nerve at the wrist, it results in altered...

On the 15th of September we welcomed our new staff member Ruth Addis. She is based at our Cotton Tree clinic and is working in admin. Ruth has lived on the Sunshine Coast for 28 years and enjoys playing tennis, travelling abroad, photography and early morning walks....

Katie and Sheralyn recently attended a workshop presented by NOI Group founder David Butler. NOI Group is an organisation that treats and teaches pain. The course was aimed at presenting the graded motor imagery (GMI) rehabilitation program which can be applied to...

Katie recently attended a dynamic taping workshop in Brisbane. Dynamic tape is a four way stretch tape that can be applied over joints but doesn’t impede the movement of the joint. Dynamic tape is used to facilitate, inhibit and offload tissue as movement occurs. At...

As we age there are many factors that impact on the health of our joints. Having osteoarthritis in the hand impacts greatly on strength, movement and most importantly function. One of the most common sites for osteoarthritis in the hand is at the carpometacarpal (CMC)...

Katie travels to Currimundi one day per week, and runs a satellite therapy clinic with Dr Hans Lombard’s patients. Dr Lombard is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in hands. The clinic, held in his consulting rooms, combines surgical and therapy reviews...

We have a new product in stock called the PenAgain. The pen is designed to reduce the amount of force required to grip a pen and encourage correct writing posture and is perfect for people with arthritis or reduced pinch strength due to injury. We also have the pens...

Certified Hand Therapist, Wendy Medeiros, has developed the Wrist Widget. The Wrist Widget is a device for managing pain on the ulnar side of the wrist. The Wrist Widget was designed specifically to support the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC), which supports...

Exos Bracing has arrived at Sunshine Coast Hand Therapy! The revolutionary removable waterproof fracture bracing. Adjustable for swelling and comes in black and funky colours!