| Days 0-14: |
- Keep post-operative dressing in place
- Keep dressing clean and dry
- Keep hand elevated above the level of your heart
- Make a fist 5 times an hour while awake; finger motion (full extension and flexion) is important for all fingers.
- May use hand for very light activities of daily living, such as eating, writing, typing, getting dressed, and brushing teeth
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| Day 14: |
Post-Op Appointment
- Post-operative dressing removed
- Stitches are absorbable and steri-strips left in place
- Placed in removable wrist splint
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| Weeks 1-6 |
- Wear wrist splint full time
- Take splint off to shower and to work on gentle range of motion several times a day- this is ONLY flexion and extension
- May get steri-strips wet, but do not soak (bath tub, swimming, hot tub, etc.); pat area dry with clean towel
- Once steri-strips fall off and the incision site is fully closed and healed, water activity is unrestricted
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| Weeks 7-12 |
- Discontinue use of wrist splint during daily activity
- Wear splint only during sport related activity and heavy lifting
- Continue to work on regaining full range of motion
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| 3 Months: |
- Return to unrestricted activity without wrist splint
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