Course curriculum

  • 1

    Private FB Group: VHSF Journal Club

    • Ask to join our Private FB Group: VHSF Journal Club
  • 2

    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
  • 3

    Hand Therapy Briefs Newsletter

    • October Newsletter

    • November Newsletter

    • December Newsletter

    • January Newsletter

    • February Newsletter

    • March Newsletter

    • April Newsletter

    • May Newsletter

    • June Newsletter

    • July Newsletter

    • August Newsletter
  • 4

    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

    • Deforming Forces

    • Ulnar Nerve Common Entrapment Points

    • Ulnar Nerve Innervations

    • Radial Nerve Innervations

    • Radial Tunnel Assessment

    • Median Nerve Innervations

    • Median Nerve Assessment

    • Proximal Median Nerve Entrapment Asessment

    • Median Nerve Entrapment Points

    • Hand Fracture: Deforming Forces

    • Oblique Retinacular Ligament

    • Thumb UCL exam

    • Elbow Fracture/Dislocation

    • Sensory Innervations of the Hand

    • Palmar Carpal Localization

    • Conditions at the Extensor Retinaculum

    • Flexor Pulleys and related conditions

    • Sagittal Band Injury II

    • Dorsal Ligamentous Wrist Stabilizers

    • Dorsal Intercarpal Ligaments

    • Flexor Zones

    • CTS Anatomy

    • CTS Pathology

    • Extensor Retinaculum & Common Conditions

    • Thumb Extrinsic Extensors

    • De Quervains Anatomy & Assessment

    • Snuff Box

    • TFCC Anatomy

    • Basic Arthrokinematics: Concave/convex "rule"

    • Wrist Joints

    • Wrist Kinematics

    • Wrist Joint Forces

    • Thumb Pulley & Trigger Thumb

    • CTS Assessment

    • Thumb CMC Ligaments

    • Thumb CMC Arthrokinematics

    • Finger Flexor tendon anatomy

    • EM Deformity patterns

    • Flexor Tendon Zones

    • Elbow ulnohumeral joint and instability

    • ER and Wrist extensors

    • ER and digit extensors

    • EM Anatomy

    • EM: Stabilizers

    • Palmar Arteries
  • 5

    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

    • Improving wrist mobility

    • Forearm Place & Holds

    • Finger Flexion Stretches

    • Graded Proprioception exercises

    • Weighted ball exercises

    • Fingers & Thumb Mobility and Coordination

    • Wrist Fracture HEP

    • Sensory Motor Control

    • Graded Wrist Motor Control

    • Thumb Neuromuscular Re-ed

    • Wrist AAROM

    • Forearm AAROM

    • Intrinsics strength

    • Tennis Elbow Scapular stabilization
  • 6

    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
  • 7

    Intervention Shorts

    • Scar Management

    • Taping Thumb CMC Joint

    • Scar Management

    • Elastomere: for scars or ganglion cysts

    • Medial Epicondylosis Taping

    • Zone 2 Flexor Tendon Management

    • De Quervain's and Immobilization

    • Thumb CMC Arthrokinematics & Joint Mobs

    • Wrist Fracture Rehab

    • PIP flexion contracture management

    • DQ taping

    • Dorsal block orthosis for volar plate injury
  • 8

    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
  • 9

    Monthly Clinical Corner

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

    • Clinical Corner: Proximal Phalanx Fracture s/p ORIF

    • Clinical Corner: Radial Head Fracture
  • 10

    Quick Reference Hub

    • Upper Limb Functional Ranges

    • LLP Positions of the Upper Limb

    • Capsular Patterns Upper Limb

    • Wound Healing Timeline Table

    • Collagen Strength Timeline

    • Progressive Force Exercise Pyramid

    • Bone Healing Stages

    • Nerve Healing Timeline

    • Carpal Kinematics

    • GHJ Restraints

    • Progression of Wrist OA: Stages

    • Boutonniere vs. Pseudoboutonniere