Does a hand practitioner need to set it up?

Yes. All therapy must be under the guidance of a surgeon, occupational therapist or physical therapist. As with any therapy home program the exercises should be re-evaluated at each consultation with the hand practitioner.  The app is not a substitute for attending therapy consultations.

I’m a therapist.  How do I set up a program?

You do not need any subscription for Rehab Minder. It is installed by the patient onto their own phone. From the home screen, select Programs and Add an Injury. Select the best description for the injury (e.g. Ring Finger and Extensor Tendon Injury – Mallet). This will generate a short list of exercises to choose from that are relevant to this injury description. After making the selection from the short list, the next menu allows you to choose exercises from the entire database and the option to write notes specifically for your patient (e.g. splint wearing instructions). Next is the Edit menu if you want to change the default settings of the exercises (e.g. frequency of notification, repetitions, weight, duration hold).

Don’t forget! Send yourself a copy of the program you have set up for your own documentation. Go to Settings and email a summary of the program.

What are the statistics collected?

Every time an exercise is viewed it is logged and displayed in a graph. This is for the benefit of the patient to review if they are on track with the frequency of their home exercises.