Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction to VHSF Membership

    • Overview of VHSF Membership
  • 2

    Private FB Group: VHSF Journal Club

    • Ask to join our Private FB Group: VHSF Journal Club
  • 3

    Hand Therapy Briefs Sessions

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Paradoxical Extension

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Therapy Management of Thumb CMC OA

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Complex Hand Injury

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Thumb CMC OA: Therapy Management

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Injured Athlete

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Therapy Management of Upper Limb Amputations

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Wound Care in Hand Therapy

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Professional Development with Virginia O'Brien, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Product Innovation in Hand Therapy with Chava (Ava) Perelman, OTR/L, CHT of Hook Splint

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: From Clinician to Administration with Cynthia Watkins, DPT, PT, CHT

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Guatemala Healing Hands with Lynn Bassini, OTR/L, CHT

    • Hand Therapy Briefs: Kinetic Chain in Hand Therapy with Mike Mueller, OTR/L, CHT
  • 4

    Hand Therapy Briefs Newsletter

    • October Newsletter

    • November Newsletter

    • December Newsletter

    • January Newsletter

    • February Newsletter

    • March Newsletter
  • 5

    Anatomy & Kinematics Shorts

    • Intrinsic Tightness

    • Extensor Mechanism: Contractile vs. Inert Components

    • Finger Collateral Ligaments

    • Quadriga Effect

    • Sagittal Band Injury

    • Mallet to Swan Neck

    • Proximal Carpal Row

    • Extrinsic Finger Flexors

    • Paradoxical Extension

    • Thumb CMC Arthrokinematics

    • Median Nerve Entrapment

    • Wartenberg's Syndrome

    • Thumb CMC OA Shoulder Sign & Pathomechanics

    • Elbow Stability

    • TFCC Mechanical Exam

  • 6

    Exercise Short Tutorials

    • Tendon Gliding Exercises

    • Thumb AROM

    • Wrist Maze (Juxtacizer)

    • Open Chain Wrist Proprioception

    • Closed Chain Wrist Proprioception

    • Forearm Rotation Stretch and LLPS

    • Graded Intrinsic Stretch and Strength

    • Finger Place & Holds

    • One-Handed Stretches

    • Interossei

    • Power Web Ideas

    • No Grip Putty Exercises

    • Finger Coordination, Strength, Proprioception

    • Finger Circumduction

    • Flex Bar Wrist & Forearm Ther Ex

    • Putty Intrinsics

    • Tennis Ball: Fingers & Thumb

    • Golf Balls: Coordination, Proprioception, Scar Massage

    • Closed Chain Serratus Anterior/Scapular Stabilization

    • Open Chain Serratus Anterior/Scapular StabilizationNew Lesson

    • Theraband Rotator Cuff

    • Wall Slides Scapular Stabilization

    • 6 Stretches to improves finger flexion

    • Marble Exercises
  • 7

    Test Your Knowledge Quizzes

    • Bony Wrist and Hand Anatomy

    • Basic Soft Tissue Wrist and Hand Anatomy

    • Exam of the Wrist and Hand

    • Elbow Anatomy & Biomechanics

    • Exam of the Elbow

    • Shoulder Anatomy

    • Shoulder Exam

    • Soft Tissue & Wound Healing

    • Bone Healing

    • Biopsycholosocial Model

    • Peripheral Nerve Compression

    • Wrist-level neuropathies

    • Elbow-level neuropathies

    • Brachial Plexus Anatomy

    • Interventions
  • 8

    Exploring the Evidence

    • Exploring the Evidence: Thumb CMC OA. Summary provided by Ingrid Griessel, OT, CHT

    • The Scope and Distribution of Upper Extremity Nerve Injuries Associated With Combat-Related Extremity Limb Salvage. Summary Provided by Mirella Deisher, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CHT

    • A new orthotic solution for radial nerve injury
  • 9

    Intervention Shorts

    • Scar Management

    • Taping Thumb CMC Joint

    • Scar Management

    • Elastomere: for scars or ganglion cysts

    • Medial Epicondylosis Taping
  • 10

    On Demand Guest Presenters

    • Innovations in Treating Shoulder Pain: Surgical an Conservative

    • Dr. Roy Meals & Panel on Dupuytren's Contracture

    • Livia Strugari: 3D printing in hand therapy

    • Dr. David Miller: 10 Common Conditions in Hand Surgery

    • Kristin Valdes on Clinical Research

    • Dr. David Ring: Bisopsychosocial: Rethinking Shoulder & Elbow Problems

    • Dr. Elisabet Hagert: Peripheral Nerve Compressions

    • Dr. Paul Sibley: Lateral Epicondylosis

    • Dr. Jay Talsania: Thumb CMC OA

    • Aviva Wolff, EdD, OT, CHT: Injured Musician

    • Dr. Lalonde: "Whats New in WALANT"

    • Christos Karagiannopoulos MPT, M.Ed, Ph.D, ATC, CHT on Wrist Sensori-motor control

    • Dr. Michael Rivlin & Mike Mueller, OTR/L, CHT: Overhead Athlete

    • Dr. Roy Meals & Panel on Thumb CMC OA

    • Dr. Mary Ann Keenan on Surgical Management of Spasticity

    • Dr. Lee Osterman: Dupuytren's Contracture

    • Linda Miller on "The Use of Manual Lymphatic Therapy in Orthopedic Edemas"

    • Robyn Midgley on CMMS for the Stiff Hand

    • Cynthia Watkins, PT, DPT, CHT on Orthotic Fabrication for the Athlete

    • Dr. Scott Levin and Gayle Severance, MS, OTR/L, CHT on Hand Transplantation

    • Dr. Scott Kozin on Pediatric BPI and Congenital Hand Differences

    • Wound Care in Hand Therapy with Brandy McKeown OTR/L, CLT-LANA, CLWT

    • Dr. Aimee Ketchum, OTD, ORT/L, CNMI on Developmental Milestones of Upper Limb & Hand Function
  • 11

    Monthly Clinical Corner

    • Clinical Corner Registration: Begins September 18th 8 pm EDT