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Thank you to Mary Checchi for sending me this! So cool!

Our patients often talk about wanting to improve their posture, as working from home has many people working in suboptimal conditions. We offer many exercises to improve posture and here are some other ideas: https://www.verywellhealth.com/best-posture-correctors-4171

A visitor came to visit our office today, thanks to Rob Vollmar! It’s called an Eevee, didn’t know about this game but remember my sons playing Pokémon go!

Last day of hand therapy after many months of desentization, ROM and strengthening, following a near amputation of her thumb, Maria is very happy!!

Wishing you a wonderful holiday from all of us at Peninsula Hand Therapy!

This year has been especially trying stressful, particularly at work, some of us have lost job, or may lose a job or trying to find a new job. These tips from Forbes may help.

More and more people are working from home and we continue to see an upswing of Repetitive Strain injuries due to poor work set ups at home. Ask your employer if they offer an ergonomic evaluation for your home office. If not, the BBC came out with some great suggestions. Check it out!: https://www.bbc.com//20200508-how-to-work-from-home-comfor

Great article about hands and and how our hands testify what we do or how we use them! https://www.nytimes.com//inequality-worker-hand-photos.htm

One of the problems we’ve seen during Covid and working from home has been posture related. Non ergonomic positioning is a major cause of the problems we see. Here are some good tips from UCSC. https://ehs.ucsc.edu/programs/ergo/stretch.html Make some changes, ask your employers for assistance in setting up a proper work area for yourself. (Stand up desk, ergonomic keyboard and mouse is a good start!)

It is interesting to see the percentage of carpal fractures and by far the scaphoid is the highest! Unfortunately it is also the one with the poorest blood supply where fractures occur at the middle of the bone making it a long healing process if not surgically repaired.

This is how we communicate with our pts now but this brightened my day. His mask talks back!

A nice review why masks and social distancing are so important during the pandemic. We are opened and practicing these guidelines for your and our safety.

https://youtu.be/Y2hO-AZ6WAE National Hand Therapy Week, this is what we do~!

This is National Hand Therapy week and to become a certified hand therapist takes a long time and hours of education. Here at Peninsula Hand Therapy we have 2 therapists that are certified and one on her way!

The new normal at Peninsula Hand Therapy. We are protecting ourselves and patients in the clinic.

We are back in business, taking all the necessary precautions for all of our patients and staff to feel safe during Covid19. We are limiting patients and asking all to wear masks and wash hands before we start. Please call the office to schedule an appointment and hope to see you soon.

We are closing our doors for 3 weeks due to the corona virus. Check back on April 7th, when we plan to return. We will continue to check voice mail and if you have questions please contact us at [email protected] Thank you and take care!We are closing our doors for 3 weeks due to the corona virus. Check back on April 7th, when we plan to return. We will continue to check voice mail and if you have questions please contact us at [email protected] Thank you and take care!

We want to help those of you with hand and upper extremity problems but being in such close quarters makes us worry if staying open is a good idea with so many businesses closing due to the corona virus. We will keep you posted.

For those of you suffering with Trigger Finger symptoms or if you don't know what it is, here is some great information. https://orthoinfo.aaos.org//diseases--cond/trigger-finger/

https://www.wsj.com//super-bowl-means-guacamoleand-a-spike Careful out there this Sunday when you are cutting Avocados!

We love hands around here and had to take a picture of my husband’s granddaughter noticing the difference between their hand size!