Rupture Flexor Tendons of Hand and Wrist

Definition:
A solution of continuity or a tear; a break of the flexor tendons of the hand and wrist.
Purchase 3 Phases

Symptoms
  • An open injury, such as a cut, on the palm side of your hand, often where the skin folds as the finger bends
  • An inability to bend one or more joints of your finger
  • Pain when your finger is bent
  • Tenderness along your finger on the palm side of your hand
  • Numbness in your fingertip
Causes
  • Laceration on the palmar side of the hand
  • Trauma
  • Overuse
  • "Jersey finger" is one of the most common of these sports injuries. It can happen when one player grabs another's jersey and a finger, gets caught and pulled
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
Treatment
  • Possible surgical intervention
  • Possible immobilization
  • Progress to ROM and stretching exercises
  • Hand intrinsic muscle strengthening
  • Upper extremity strengthening
Rupture Flexor Tendons of Hand and Wrist Phase I

Purchase Phase

  • Ice Massage Hand Wrist
  • Wrist Extensor Stretch At Wall
  • Ulnar Radial Deviation
  • Soft Tissue Mobilization Wrist And Hand

Rupture Flexor Tendons of Hand and Wrist Phase II

Purchase Phase

  • Rice Hand Opening Closing
  • Rice Wrist Pronation Supination
  • Putty Gripping
  • Wrist Curls

Rupture Flexor Tendons of Hand and Wrist Phase III

Purchase Phase

  • Ulnar Radial Deviation
  • Rice Wrist Flexion And Extension
  • Wrist Curls
  • Rice Wrist Pronation Supination
  • Rice Hand Opening Closing
  • Eccentric Wrist Flexion
  • Eccentric Wrist Extension