My areas of focus
Hand therapy
Conservative concept-oriented treatment:
Rheumatoid disorders
- Chronic rheumatoid arthritis
- Gout
- Acute and chronic inflammation of the joints
Disorders of the tendons and ligaments
- Tendovaginitis Stenosans („Trigger Finger“)
- Acute and chronic tendonitis
- Tennis elbow and golfer‘s elbow
- Weak tendons
Limitations in the area of the nerves
- Paraesthesia of the forerarm, palm of the hand, and back of the hand
- Tingling and numbness on the end of the little finger
Vegitative disfunctions
CRPS (also known as „Sudeck’s disease”)
Osseous Conservative Treatment
Not dislocated or reduced fractures
Incurable pain patients
Non-specific pains of the finger, hand, and underarms
Prosthesis training
Postoperative concept-oriented treatment:
Osseous treatments
- Fractures: plates, cerclage, screws and external fixtures, osteosynthesis
- Fractures with and without joint involvement in combination with other soft tissue injuries
- Transplanted fingers and/or toes
- Bowers surgery: joint resection between the ulna and radius in the forearm
- Rhizarthrosis / thumb saddle joint
- Mediocarpal partial arthrodesis
- Circular saw injuries
- Amputations
- Lawn mower and wood splitter injuries
- Ulnar impaction syndrome
- Arthrolysis / joint release
Injuries of the tendons and ligaments
- Tendonitis/tenosynovitis
- Tennis elbow
- Golfer’s elbow
- Flexor tendon and extensor tendon sutures in all injury areas
- Flexor tendon and extensor tendon ruptures and re-ruptures
- Flexor tendon and extensor tendon releases
- Two-sided flexor tendon reconstruction
- Flexor tendon and extensor tendon couplings
- Skier’s thumb
- SL, TFLL ligament reconstruction
- Side ligament construction of the finger and hand
- Injuries to the palmar plate
- Motor replacement operations
Nerve injuries
- Ulnar nerve
- Carpal tunnel roof cleavage
- Neurolysis/ nerve releases