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Volar Plate Injuries by Lucille Roberts The volar plate is susceptible to damage when the finger receives a hyperextension force, commonly a result of a ball injury (e.g. basketball, netball). [...]

Bondi Junction Hand Therapy Newsletter!  Thank you to everyone for your support this year – it has been another busy one and has just flown by.  We have settled into our new rooms (a short walk [...]

The silly season is here, a time for family, food and my favourite… Christmas carols! As you are getting cosy to watch the carols by candle light this year, spare a thought for the musicians in [...]

Spring 2017 Newsletter – Happy Long Weekend! Clare returns from Maternity Leave As my nine month old crawled through the dirt commando style to eat his fourth cumquat for the day, whole and off [...]

  Mallet Fingers: why do we spend so much time treating this injury? Without proper treatment the injury can not heal properly The fingertip or distal interphalangeal joint (DIPJ) will not [...]

Flexor tendon injuries are relatively uncommon in children, especially those who are very young. The mechanism of injury, the size of the anatomical structures, the surgical procedures used to [...]

The snow is falling and the skier’s thumbs are returning home after school holidays.  After doing my own right thumb last ski season I am quite glad to use the “pregnancy” excuse to stay inside [...]

In April this year I was lucky enough to be involved with the Myers Hand Team Orthopaedic Outreach Program at Lautoka Hospital Fiji. Dr Myers and his wife Emilie have been involved with [...]

Welcome to 2016, and how is it possible that it is March already.  Let us at least hope for some respite from the heat and humidity of February!   Handwriting With the start of the school [...]

Handwriting is a complex, multifactorial activity involving the interplay between the student, their environment and the demands of the writing task itself. Writing is a medium through which we [...]