Specialist Hand Therapy for Golfers
Hand & Upper Limb Rehab for Golfers
As a Certified Hand Therapist, with a proven track record of helping golfers in Belfast and Northern Ireland as whole. I can apply therapeutic strategies to effectively treat upper limb conditions that can affect both amateur and professional golfers. Golf injuries can result from poor technique, overuse or a single event. Certified Hand Therapists have specialist knowledge of common sports-related injuries affecting the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.
Uppper Limb Conditions Affecting Golfers
Some of the conditions impacting golfers that I have the expertise in diagnosing and treating.Arthritis
There are more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions. Hand Therapy can help preserve joint function, mobility and quality of life by swiftly getting you back on the golf course.
Sprains
A sprain is a stretching or tearing or a ligament. Without the correct Hand Therapy treatment, a sprain can niggle and take weeks or months to get better.
Golfer’s Elbow
Also known as medial epicondylitis, this condition is an overloading injury to tendons crossing the elbow. Pain can be felt along the forearm and sometimes into the hand.
Poor Circulation
Tight grasping around a golf club can cause a rebound effect on certain muscles in the hand. This can impair and decrease blood supply.
Tendonitis
Tendonitis is associated with overuse in and around tendons. Lingering pain and eventual loss of tendon strength can affect your golf game in the longer term.
Fractures
A fracture is a broken bone. In golf, the carpal bones in the wrist are the most commonly injured. Whether your fracture is new or old, it is always the right time for Hand Therapy.
Golfers Hand Therapy Journey
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Initial Consultation, Diagnosis and Treatment
A thorough history will be taken, including details of your presenting complaint. This will be followed by a systematic assessment to determine the origin of your issue(s). Clinical findings then serve as a jumping off point to develop your individualised and evidence-based treatment programme. Preliminary treatment is delivered, focused around personalised functional goals.
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Follow-Up Reviews & Continued Treatment
The frequency at which you need to be reviewed will be agreed. Your Hand Therapy programme will be modified at each follow-up appointment, depending on your progress. Symptoms will continually be reevaluated so that the most appropriate treatment is being delivered every time.
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Back to the Golf Course
Good compliance with adhering to your personalised Hand Therapy programme in the clinic and at home will optimise a positive outcome for you. Guidance on return to play will be given. Technique will be reviewed and refined - this way your upper limb or hand condition does not recur and remains well managed in the long-term.