The Hand Therapy Blog

When a medical legal report is required following a hand or upper limb injury, the key issue is often not simply the diagnosis itself, but how the injury affects the person’s ability to work, drive, care for themselves, and participate in everyday life.

For these cases, Occupational Therapy focused hand and upper limb assessment is invaluable. Solicitors and legal professionals require clear, evidence-based reports that not only describe injury, but objectively explain its impact on function, independence, employment, and quality of life.

If you’re struggling with pain on the thumb side of your wrist, difficulty lifting, or discomfort when gripping, twisting or texting, you may be dealing with De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Many people first find us after searching online for “pain on thumb side of wrist,” “wrist pain from phone use,” or “repetitive strain injury thumb side wrist.” At Hand Therapy Services NI, we regularly treat this condition in our clinics in Newry, Hillsborough and Belfast, helping patients return to pain-free daily activities as quickly and safely as possible.

Hand Therapy Services NI is delighted to announce the opening of our new specialist hand therapy clinic in Newry, based at the modern Mourne Private Clinic. Our new Newry location allows us to extend the same high standards of care and specialist expertise that we have long provided in Hillsborough and Belfast to patients in Newry and the wider border region.

If you’re considering or have been recommended a corticosteroid/steroid injection for a hand or upper limb condition, it’s natural to have lots of questions. Many patients want to understand how the injection works, what to expect during and after the procedure, and whether it’s the right choice for their condition.

Corticosteroid/Steriod injections can help in the management of a range of painful inflammatory and soft-tissue conditions of the hand, wrist and elbow. These injections deliver a powerful anti-inflammatory medication directly into or around a tendon sheath, joint or nerve canal, providing targeted relief that can reduce pain, swelling and stiffness.

If you have been searching “ergonomic or work solutions to help carpal tunnel syndrome in Northern Ireland”, this blog is for you. It has some general, helpful advice to empower you to make small changes that will help with the overall management of carpal tunnel syndrome, working towards easing your symptoms.