Catch My Pain This app allows you to keep track of your pain by recording its location, intensity, description, duration and effect. Once you have at least 3 pain entries, the app generates a pain chart (after a couple of hours), where you can see the course of your pain. You can record events

CORE Hand TM "for the I-phone is an innovative Hand Therapy Exercise Mobile Application designed to enable a clinician to create an individualised hand therapy exercise program to assist their patient’s rehabilitation. The App enables a patient to have their exercise program on the go. It will remind them of their exercises and provides not only the description but also a short video demonstrating the exercise. The clinician is able to personalise the program to the patient, making the App a useful tool to optimise your rehabilitation experience."or circumstances that increase or ease your pain.

Goniometer Pro Measures angles with precision to determine ROM.

Hand and Wrist Pro III "gives users an in depth look and allows them to cut, zoom and rotate the hand & wrist. Hand and Wrist Pro III provides multiple cross sections (Sagittal, Coronal and Transverse) as well as the ability to cut away different layers revealing the muscles, blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue down to the skeleton."

Recognise "Use the new Recognise App to quickly exercise your synapses on your device, wherever you are. Based on the latest science and clinical trials, Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) is being used to treat many complex pain and movement problems. Using Recognise has been shown to reduce pain, improve performance and assist with rehabilitation in a range of complex pain, and injury states, when used as part of a GMI programme."

Rehab Minder Therapy Assistant "Rehab Minder is an iOS native app meaning the patient can install it if they have an iPhone or iPad. TrackActive is a web based app that the clinic subscribes to. The therapist can create their own exercise programs from the hand therapy and physical therapy content or add their own. The customised program is provided to the patient in their choice of print out, email, or app on any platform of smartphone."

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American Society of Hand Therapists Patient Education Resources

Occupational Therapy Toolkit

Peterborough Regional Health Centre - Hand Therapy Exercises