Wimmera Hand Therapy

02/07/2025

Please share widely! We have no waiting list for paediatric and neurological issues. Still travelling to Ararat, Stawell and everywhere in between. Please contact Karen: 0438677026 for an appointment!

27/04/2025

Why we love what we do! 👏🏼

👉🏼 In collaboration with Second Skin via Telehealth, Kate was able to improve this clients functional wrist position.
👉🏼 Using a custom measured and made, comfortable and easy-to-wear brace, Kate’s client was able to return to more meaningful daily tasks, such as riding her bike! 🚲

Ensuring our patients are able to maintain or return to as many functional tasks as possible, is at the core of everything we do at Wimmera Hand Therapy. ☺️

Big thanks to our terrific client for consenting to us showing off her new brace! 🙏🏻

16/04/2025

Wrist pain? Here are some great ideas to keep you training 👏🏼

15/04/2025

08/04/2025

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With the football and netball seasons starting back up - THUMB INJURIES are incredibly common and functionally very annoying!

Some of the common ligament injuries to the thumb can be treated with help from a custom fabricated thermoplastic thumb splint…just like this bright, fun one!

Book in with your local Hand Therapist by calling 📞 5382 0276 or book online with an Occupational Therapist through the Equip Physiotherapy website.

11/03/2025

👍🏼✨ One very happy client today with her new custom fabricated thermoplastic splint!
✔️ Lightweight
✔️ Waterproof
✔️ Adjustable
✔️ Colourful and super cool to show off to friends at school 🤩

03/03/2025

Let’s talk about TRIGGER FINGERS ☝🏼

Common symptoms:
👉🏼 Clicking or popping sound when bending your finger
👉🏼 Catching or locking sensation when bending or straightening your finger
👉🏼 In severe cases, difficulty straightening your finger, even needing to use your other hand to do so
👉🏼 Increased pain and reduced function

Do these symptoms sound familiar? These symptoms can often be treated with Hand Therapy - including with a custom fabricated orthosis such as the one pictured.

Give us a call 📞 5382 0276 or use the link below to book in an Occupational Therapy appointment to see how we can help you!

https://equipphysiotherapy.cliniko.com/bookings

25/02/2025

For all our Horsham Golf Club Members 🏌🏼‍♀️⛳️
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23/02/2025

✨EXCLUSIVE HORSHAM GOLF CLUB MEMBERS✨
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Wimmera Hand Therapy is excited to be offering a FREE pop up information session to all of Horsham Golf Club members. All members welcome with any questions or queries regarding any wrist, thumb or hand pain, stiffness or weakness. We will be answering any questions you may have or if you’ve been considering if Hand Therapy could be helpful for you.
DATE: Tuesday 11th March
TIME: From 1:30pm

Feel free to DM us for more information, or email 📧 [email protected]

See you there 🏌🏼‍♀️👐🏼⛳️

05/02/2025

Are you ignoring wrist pain whilst doing your favourite workouts? Is this because you are worried that seeking treatment will mean you have to stop?

Wrist pain is a common issue for many gym goers. Whether it be CrossFit, weight training, pilates or yoga it's important to investigate what is causing your pain.

Heavy weights and repetitive movements place significant strain on our wrists. Many of us love training so much that we train through this pain, which can cause the pain to hang around and potentially cause long term damage.

The aim for us is to help you train without pain, protect your wrists from damage and avoid having to stop all together. The wrist is one of the most complex joints in the human body, so seeking a specialist opinion and treatment plan is essential.

The wrist consists of 8 small bones that sit between the fingers and long forearm bones. It enables movement in all directions and needs to be stable to allow our hand to function. The wrist has many muscles and tendons that help to move and a complex connection of ligaments for stability. Often our gym sessions place a lot of force through these structures, which can lead to pain.

Rather than ignoring, we recommend gaining knowledge to keep in the gym for years to come.

Here are some ways we might help:

- Thorough assessment & diagnosis

- Recommendation of appropriate wrist wraps or functional braces

- Specific wrist stability strengthening programs

- Wrist positioning exercises

- Soft tissue massage

- Dry needling

- Training education & ergonomics

- Functional retraining

If this sounds like you book an appointment to make a plan to keep on training!

31/01/2025

Our Wimmera Hand Therapy duo finished up the month with a 2025 planning meeting and felt it was a good chance to snap a pic to put a face to our names! This year we look forward to sharing more of our knowledge, increasing awareness of specialised hand therapy care and providing our patients best practice interventions and treatment plans.