{"title":"Hand rehabilitation","content":"**Hand rehabilitation is a specialist field: it restores flexibility, strength and sensation to a remarkably fine organ, after a fracture, surgery on a tendon or conditions affecting the nervous system. At the Pôle Equilibre & Santé practice in Dudelange, it follows a strict framework, in permanent dialogue with the surgeon, to restore the use of your hand in everyday life.**\n\n## Who is this rehabilitation aimed at?\n\nThe field is vast and covers both operated and non-operated cases:\n\n- broken bones and sprains of the fingers and wrist;\n- repaired tendons, whether flexor or extensor;\n- Dupuytren's disease, dislocations and amputations of a finger;\n- a hand that has lost sensitivity, power or its grasping ability;\n- neurological conditions, such as the aftermath of a stroke or Parkinson's.\n\nWithout appropriate support, a hand injury risks leaving lasting problems: stiffness, adhesions and deformity. Rehabilitation carried out early and methodically avoids most of these complications.\n\n## Why not delay getting started?\n\nBecause much is determined in the first days of healing. Keeping the hand immobile for too long is detrimental to it: getting it to move early, but safely, directs the repair in the right direction and prevents adhesions which restrict movement. Work can often begin immediately after surgery, even on a wound that is still open, provided that the healing time frames, splints, dressings and surgeon's instructions are followed carefully. The quality of this exchange has a direct impact on your recovery.\n\n## What does a session look like?\n\nThe procedure adjusts to your condition and the progress of rehabilitation:\n\n- the physiotherapist begins by **preparing the area**: splints and bandages are removed then replaced, a movement that the physiotherapist teaches you to reproduce;\n- then comes the **setting in motion**, guided at the beginning, with increasing independence;\n- if the hand swells, [drainage](/dudelange/competence/drainage-lymphatique) combined with cold therapy helps reduce the swelling;\n- once the skin is closed, massages **soften the scar**;\n- with the doctor's agreement, strength is restored in stages using [small equipment](/dudelange/equipement);\n- and when touch is lacking, recognition exercises **retrain sensation** by relearning to identify textures and shapes.\n\n## How does your commitment change everything?\n\nWork does not stop when leaving the practice. You are given self-rehabilitation exercises to carry out at home, and they play a large part in your success. The more regular and faithful you are in wearing your orthotics, the faster and more completely your hand will recover. It is a partnership in which you play the leading role.\n\n## Your hand specialists\n\nAt the Dudelange practice, rehabilitation of the hand, wrist and elbow is notably provided by , who has specific training in this field, and , trained in post-operative hand care. It is to them that you will be directed for this type of care.\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### Can a hand be rehabilitated before the wound has healed?\n\nIn many cases, yes. The physiotherapist then acts with caution, following a precise protocol approved by the surgeon to support healing without jeopardizing the repair.\n\n### Should I keep a splint on between appointments?\n\nIt's common. Orthotics put the hand in the correct position and protect the repaired area; wearing them regularly is part of the treatment and affects the final result.\n\n### Can a lost sensitivity return?\n\nIt can improve thanks to sensory work which reaccustoms the brain to decoding what the hand perceives. Progress comes little by little and depends on the severity of the original injury.\n\n### How do I make an appointment in Dudelange?\n\nBy telephone at [+352 26 65 15 33](tel:+35226651533). The practice is located at Bloc A, 48 Rue de la Libération, L-3511 Dudelange — see [Contact & access](/dudelange/contact).\n\n## Find out more\n\n- — rehabilitation of the hand, wrist and elbow\n- — post-operative hand care\n- [Lymphatic drainage](/dudelange/competence/drainage-lymphatique) — management of hand oedema\n- [Neurological rehabilitation](/dudelange/competence/reeducation-neurologique) — hand problems of neurological origin\n- [The Consultation](/dudelange/kinesitherapie/consultation-kine) — prescription, reimbursement, progress"}