Bereavement Services

Bereavement Services

| Updated 28 Jan 2025

If your loved one has died at St George’s, the Bereavement Services team are here to help you. We can guide you through the necessary steps following your bereavement. We also work with clinical teams to ensure that all necessary steps are taken, and paperwork completed.
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ArmA-PS Arm – Activity, Participation, Symptoms Form

| Updated 21 Feb 2024

Guidance for completion of the ArmA-PS: Section A asks about ‘caring’ for your affected arm either by yourself using your unaffected arm or with help from a carer or a combination of both of these. Section B asks what you can do with your affected arm or using both arms. …
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Achievements

| Updated 15 Mar 2024

The hand therapy team regularly participates in clinical audits, service development and research projects to further their contribution to hand therapy as a service. The team is actively involved in supporting and promoting hand therapy at both a national and international level. The team is involved with supporting the London …
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Resources for patients

| Updated 12 Jun 2024

General Hand Therapy Exercises Below are some commonly prescribed hand therapy exercises. Please access the information that is applicable to you. Your therapist will review your progress and adjust your therapy programme accordingly over the weeks and months following injury or surgery. If you have any questions or concerns, please …
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Finger Dislocations/Sprains

| Updated 18 Mar 2024

A sprain is where your joint is overstretched. A dislocation of a joint is when the two surfaces of the joint are no longer in contact with each other. Some sprains or dislocations may result in a fracture or soft tissue/ligament damage, and usually occur as a result of an …
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Thumb Collateral ligament injuries

| Updated 15 Mar 2024

The thumb contains two strong supporting ligaments, located in the web space between the thumb and the index finger (see picture). The ligaments can be damaged if the thumb is forced away from your hand, which may cause pain and/or instability at this joint. Hand therapy treatment will often involve …
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Arthritis

| Updated 18 Mar 2024

Osteoarthritis (OA) Osteoarthritis (OA) is the loss of the smooth cartilage surface covering a joint. The bony surfaces also start to thicken and can grow outwards (spurs). In severe cases the cartilage can become so thin that it causes the bones to grind against each other. All of this can …
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Wrist Injuries

| Updated 15 Mar 2024

Scapholunate Injuries The scapholunate ligament is important for carpal bone stability. It is commonly injured after a fall onto an outstretched hand, but can sometimes also result from a degenerative rupture. You may present with pain localised to the back of the hand on the thumb side of the wrist. …
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Dupuytren’s Disease

| Updated 18 Mar 2024

Dupuytren’s disease is a condition in which nodules/cords form in the hand.  Over time, these nodules, and the fibrous connections between the tendons and skin can cause the fingers to bend inwards toward the palm and prevent the finger/s from straightening. If the disease progresses to the stage where you …
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Trigger finger/thumb

| Updated 18 Mar 2024

Trigger finger is a painful clicking or locking as the finger is bent towards the palm. As the tendon glides through its tunnel it catches due to localized inflammation. Hand therapy treatment options including splinting, massage and exercise. See the information provided below for more information on how hand therapy …
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