Patient information leaflets

Service name A-Z

If you want to browse leaflets by service then you can by using the A-Z directory below.

All internally produced written information can be printed at home if you wish. These lists will be updated with new and revised patient information as it becomes available.

All patient information should be used in conjunction with the advice given by a clinician.

Therapy Services

Abdominal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Accupuncture

ACL repair

Active knee hamstring stretch while sitting

Active stretch Calf stretch on step

Active stretch Full arm stretch with twist

Active stretch. Full arm stretch – low position

Active stretch Stick stretch

Active stretch. Stretching the forearm to get the palm of the hand upwards

Active stretch Weight bearing on arm

Aftercare following joint replacement

Air Splint

Ankle stretch

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Repair

Bespoke Splints

Capener Splint

Cold Therapy

Community Intermediate Care Team (CICT)

Contracture prevention passport

Coping with breathlessness

Covid 19 rehabilitation

Depuytren’s Contracture Exercises after surgery

Desensitisation Excercises

Exercises after breast reconstruction using implants

Exercise and guidance following spinal surgery

Fine Motor Activity Pack

Flexor Tendon Repair (fingers) following surgery

Friction massage for DeQuervain’s Disease

Hip adductor stretch

How to use therapeutic putty

Injuries of the Shoulder

Injury to the extensor tendon of the finger: finger splint

Knuckle stretch – full stretch

Mallet finger

Open Hand Stretch

Post-operative shoulder exercises (restricted movement)

Quads stretch in side lying

Resting Splint

Scar massage for the hand

Shoulder forward stretch to shoulder height

Stay Strong, Stay Steady

Stress Loading Programme

Stretches

The Use of Silicone Products in the Treatment of Hypertrophic and Keloid Scars

Thumb Flexor Tendon Repair - Post-operative exercises - Stage 1

Thumb Flexor Tendon Repair - Post-operative Exercises - Stage 2

Thumb stretch

Total Knee Replacement (TKR) Group

Tubular and dynamic compression sleeves

Using a wax bath at home

Wrist and finger stretches – full stretch

Wrist stretch – deviation


Tissue Viability

General Wound Information

Moisture Lesions and incontinence associated dermatitis

Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Why compression is important for the treatment and prevention of venous leg ulcers


Trauma and Orthopaedics

Admission on the day of surgery

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Surgery

Bunion Surgery

Carpal Tunnel Decompression

Discharge Information Following Elective Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery at Cannock Chase Hospital

Discharge Information Following Elective Orthopaedic Surgery at Cannock Chase Hospital

Donated Bone

Donating Bone

Discharge Information Following Elective Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery at Cannock Chase Hospital

Discharge Information Following Elective Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery at New Cross Hospital

Hand Surgery

Hip Replacement

Impingement and rotator cuff disease: Shoulder Arthroscopy

Information for patients in a cast

Knee Arthroscopy

Knee Replacement

Local steriod injections

Lumbar Discectomy Surgery

Lumbar Spinal Decompression

Nerve root block injection

Receiving Donated Bone

Shoulder Replacement