Hand Wounds
What are Hand Wounds?
Hand wounds range from simple cuts requiring straightforward wound care to complex injuries involving damage to tendons, nerves, blood vessels or bone. Because the hand is such a complex and intricate structure, even apparently minor wounds can have significant implications for long-term function if not managed correctly.
Ms Razo holds advanced wound care skills developed across NHS and international trauma settings. Specialist hand wound management addresses not only the wound itself but also the structures beneath, preventing complications such as infection, contracture and scar-related restriction of movement.
What causes Hand Wounds?
- Cuts from sharp objects including knives, glass, tools and machinery
- Crush injuries causing soft tissue damage and degloving
- Burns: thermal, chemical or electrical
- Bite wounds, which carry a high infection risk due to oral bacteria
- Post-surgical wounds following hand, wrist, elbow or shoulder operations
- Pressure wounds or skin breakdown in patients with reduced sensation
Signs & symptoms
- Open wound or skin break on the hand or upper limb
- Bleeding, swelling or bruising around the wound
- Pain disproportionate to the wound size may indicate deeper structure involvement
- Numbness or tingling suggesting nerve involvement
- Inability to move a finger, indicating possible tendon damage
- Signs of infection including increasing redness, warmth, pus, foul odour or fever
How Hand Therapy can help
Ms Razo provides specialist assessment and evidence-based treatment for Hand Wounds. Following a thorough initial assessment, a personalised treatment plan will be developed to address your specific needs and goals.
Thorough assessment of the wound and surrounding structures, including identification of any possible tendon, nerve or blood vessel involvement. Appropriate dressing selection to promote an optimal wound healing environment.
Monitoring for infection and liaison with medical colleagues where systemic treatment is indicated. Ms Razo holds advanced wound care skills including management of complex, infected and slow-healing wounds.
Once the wound has closed, specialist scar management is initiated. Techniques aim to prevent hypertrophic or keloid scarring, reduce scar contracture across joints and optimise the final appearance as well as function of the hand.
Where wounds cross joints or involve significant soft tissue loss, protective splinting is used to position the hand optimally and prevent contracture formation during healing.
Frequently asked questions
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Ideally as early as possible following injury or surgery. Early specialist input can prevent complications such as infection, contracture and movement restriction. If your wound involves loss of movement or sensation in the finger, you should seek specialist assessment promptly.
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Yes. Scar management techniques including massage, silicone therapy and splinting can improve the appearance and condition of scars months after the original injury. Ms Razo will assess your scar and advise on the most appropriate treatment.
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Ms Razo aims to keep wound care as comfortable as possible. Modern wound dressings are designed to be gentle on healing tissue, and dressing changes are performed carefully to minimise discomfort.
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No referral is required. You can self-refer directly to Ms Razo for wound assessment and management.
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