Tips for hand Injuries

Enduring a hand injury has happened to most people at some point. When this occurs it’s important to follow the right steps and procedures to ensure a safe and proper recovery. In the hand, there are 29 muscles, and joints 129 ligaments 48 nerves, and about 30 arteries. Self-treatment can be used for injuries but it’s crucial to use the right treatment or injuries could get worse. East End Occupational Therapy can help you recover from your Workers Comp hand injury in Suffolk County. For more information regarding Workers comp hand injury in Suffolk County, contact now.

Types of Hand injuries:

Just like another body part injury, there are different types of injuries. These include 

• Cuts.
• Sprains.
• Dislocations.
• Fracture.
• infections.

Common symptoms of hand injuries: 

For any worker’s compensation injuries, it’s best to seek medical care so that the situation is looked at. When determining whether or not medical attention is needed, use these symptoms to determine the type of injury.

• Lacerations: include bleeding, numbness, decreased mobility in the hand 
• Fracture/ Dislocations: Tenderness. Increased swelling, discomfort, extreme pain in some cases.
• Infections: discoloration near wound, tenderness, swelling, some cases fever

Hand injury tips:

With different types of hand injuries come special treatment. Some require more care and time to heal than others. 

• If you sustained a simple cut on your hand, it’s recommended that you first apply pressure to stop the bleeding. Then cleanse the wound with soap/water, saline, or anti-infection solution. 
• Sprains differ from dislocations and fractions because they are self-treatable if done right. If you believe that your hand is sprained, apply ice, elevate hand and use an ace bandage to the area.
• If you believe that your hand is broken, fractured, or dislocated, seek medical attention as soon as possible. Fixing the problem yourself may result in the injury becoming worse.

Healing/Recovery process:

Hand injuries have different treatment along with different healing processes. 

• Laceration: The swelling of a will go down and begin to form a scab. The immune system starts to take action and new tissue starts to form under the scab. Finally, after the scab goes away a scar is formed
• Fracture: After your hand is treated from a break, you will most likely be given a cast. During this time your fracture will heal on its own and takes about 3 weeks to heal. After this, physical therapy may be needed.
• Dislocation: After treatment is done, the healing process may take up to 7-10 days
• Infections: Treated infections are expected to heal in 2-3 days.

East End Occupational Therapy – Works comp hand injury in Suffolk County: 

East End Occupational Therapy is here to provide you with the right information about any worker’s compensation hand injuries in Suffolk County. It’s our priority to make sure patients are treated accordingly and assist with any questions. For more information about workers comp hand injuries in Suffolk County, contact East End Occupational Therapy.