Hi Kerrie, The first order of business, should be to obtain a lymphedema glove. Compression therapy is the standard and heat is contraindicated. Other than that provide activities as normal to improve ROM and ADL independence. A resource for all therapeutic exercise needs including mobilizations would be Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques by Carolyn Kisner and Lyn Allen Colby. Jimmie Arceneaux, LOTR On Mon, 20 August 2001, "Kerrie Reed" wrote: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> > <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have any ideas for treating cellulitis > of the hand/thumb? I am a recent graduate student working in outpatient > and have never run across this kind of diagnosis before. Thank you for any > help! Does anyone know a good shoulder book that I can use as a reference > source for things like anatomy, joint mobs, mechanics?</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kerrie</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com ******************** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's body, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ------ OTnow messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] (and) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ********rC***********
