The wrist doctor ensures relief to the patient by optimum technique which includes an effective line of treatment which is through physical therapy and exercises.

Rationale:

When a condition debilitates the wrist, the wrist doctor undertakes the removal of damage by an effective technique. To evaluate the essentiality of therapy program, the patient is questioned about normal activities that were performed prior to the treatment and assesses the condition of the wrist to determine tenderness and prevalent swelling or stiffness. Therapy exercises can be used either as a pre treatment technique or as a post treatment rehabilitation but after an in depth evaluation of the persisting symptoms.

Approach considerations:

Therapy and exercise are the tools of wrist doctor that are taken up to reduce the persisting pain and stiffness on one hand and help in bringing back gradual movement on the other after the wrist has sustained an injury. In mild conditions the therapy alone proves as an effective technique to stop further degradation and in some severe cases it acts as a stabilizer to reduce the effect of long term immobilization.

The conditions that are treated by therapy include-

Potential side-effects:

• - Fractures
• - Dislocations
• - Tendonitis
• - Ligament tear

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Protocols of Therapy regime:

The protocols executed by the physical or occupational therapist to provide relief to the patient, are inclusive of:

Assistance in Pain management:

The physical therapist helps the patient to understand the movements that are strenuous for the wrist and assists in redefining those abnormal postures so that the patient adapts to the new changes.

Manual Therapy:

With the help of manual techniques comprising of gentle massage, stretching exercises and exercises that gently enable movements in joints are used by the physical therapist.

Range-of-motion exercises:

gentle stretching exercises are carried out by the therapist to enable movements in wrist, hand and forearm to reduce stiffness.

Assistance in strengthening muscles:

A condition in the wrist may result in a probable weakness in shoulder, arm and elbow. To reduce the weakness and strengthen the muscles to avoid dysfunction in the limbs, the therapist formulates an individualized plan to suit the needs of the patient which gradually bring back mobility and strength in associated limbs too. This exercising regime can be followed till much later to keep the muscles moving.

Educating and training patients:

Through this protocol the patients are taught ways to resume activities without pressurizing the wrist. They are taught how to keep the wrist in neutral position and rest it so that chances of re injury become minimal. Ways to perform functional work are taught to the patients by the therapist once the symptoms improve.

All these protocols are assisted by rest, application of ice and wrist brace for immobilization to enhance the effectiveness of the exercises.

Benefits of therapy:

Non surgical techniques or surgical intervention alone are not adequate to restore mobility and reduce stiffness that persists in the wrist after treatment. Physical therapy and exercise is an important prerequisite and the best tool of the wrist doctor that ensures restoration of functional movements in the wrist with effective rehabilitative protocols under the guidance of skilled physical therapist. It enables the patient to improve productivity at work, increase flexibility and strength in the wrist.

Guidelines to self-therapy regime:

The wrist doctor / physical therapist provide patients with some general guidelines following which, they can continue with their self therapy regime to ensure mobility and healthy wrist. These simple guides are-

• Repetitive movements and overuse of wrist should be avoided
• Gentle stretches of the wrist muscles should always be done before starting work
• Strengthening exercises to increase wrist endurance should be daily practiced to increase the bearing and immunity of the wrist.

Complications Involved:

The program has no direct complication involved except an underlying effect which is only extended to non relief in restoring and reducing. It can fail to provide relief to the patient with the symptoms still persistent thus requiring intervention of other techniques if it is being used as a technique.

If being applied as a rehabilitative protocol it usually has minimal complications or ill-effects.

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More about wrist doctor:

Dr. Vikas Gupta at present the head of Shoulder and Hand Division at Max Healthcare is one of the best wrist doctors we have in India in the field of upper extremity in present times. He has an experience of more than 25 years in the field and has performed over 6000 successful surgeries.  Being an acclaimed professional who passionately believes in deliverance of techniques to relief his patients of each and any debilitation in the hand, he has a high success ratio in providing relief to his patients. As an MBBS and MS in Orthopedics from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and post graduate studies from Germany and USA, Dr. Gupta joined AIIMS as assistant professor to acquire experience when he started with his professional career. Gradually he gained finesse in his surgical impartation and tact in his diagnosis; he changed his forte from AIIMS to Fortis to Medanta-The Medicity. He has been credited for introducing many international and painless techniques and having been honored with many prestigious awards for his contribution he has emerged as an influential role model for his peers and interns. Dr. Gupta has a compassionate approach towards his patients that helps to ease their anxieties and his accurate diagnosis provides him an edge over other wrist doctors. Max Healthcare, being his present forte of deliverance is a super specialty hospital that believes in providing cost effective and painless techniques to their patients through international deliverance of techniques and a team of ingenious and dedicated professionals.