The Palms Hand Therapy is affiliated with hand surgery and hand therapy volunteer programs including Orthopaedic Outreach Australia, Touching Hands USA, AUSNEP and the Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS) and Australian Hand Therapy Association (AHTA).
Our hand therapists have had the privilege of visiting and working in places such as Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Honiara (Solomon Islands). We are committed to working with the local therapists and surgeons through mutual learning to optimise hand outcomes in these countries.
These trips are some of the most rewarding work we do, and we come home having learnt as much as we've taught. As well as treating patients, we run teaching sessions and workshops for local therapists and surgeons.
When your treatment has finished and you no longer require your splint, have you considered donating it so that it can be reused in Cambodia, Nepal or the Solomon Islands?
We can take these previously used splints overseas to assist in the treatment of another patient overseas or for teaching purposes for therapists overseas.
We have a collection box of old splints in our treatment room. Simply drop it off at the front desk at Mudgeeraba Hand Clinic, or give it to your treating hand therapist.
Donate to Orthopaedic Outreach www.orthoreach.org.au (donations are tax deductible)
Thank you