Your patient has pain/tenderness on the dorsal side of the r…

Your patient has pain/tenderness on the dorsal side of the right 1st metacarpal. The pain extends across the first metacarpal and travels just proximal to the wrist. This individual is a commercial landscaper and spends a great amount of time using handheld clippers/cutters (right hand) to trim flowers and bushes. The patient is most likely experiencing which of the following? 

Your patient is a 36 y/o legal secretary who presents with n…

Your patient is a 36 y/o legal secretary who presents with numbness and tingling in her right thenar eminence, weakness in the thenar musculature, and pain in palmar/radial side of the right hand. Symptoms occur at work while completing typing/computer work. Symptoms lessen after work hours but never fully go away. The patient is very concerned because her work capacity is becoming reduced. Your patient is most likely demonstrating: 

A client was referred to occupational therapy after a left d…

A client was referred to occupational therapy after a left distal radius fracture. The cast was removed yesterday, AROM was measured at wrist flexion: 25 degrees, wrist extension: 30 degrees. The patient presents with mild edema throughout left wrist and digits, and stiffness throughout left hand and wrist. You are beginning the first intervention session, which physical agent modality is the most appropriate to apply to address the stiffness in the wrist and hand?