ESSHM HandCare
Understand your hand.
Know when to seek care.
Clear patient information on common hand and wrist conditions, urgent warning signs, surgery and recovery — connected directly to the ESSHM professional directory.
Start with a symptom
You do not need to know the diagnosis first.
Use the Clinical Navigator to move from symptoms and body region to the most relevant ESSHM HandCare guide.
Urgent hand injury?
Amputation, a cold/pale/blue digit, uncontrolled bleeding, deep cuts with loss of movement or sensation, rapidly spreading infection and high-pressure injection injuries require urgent assessment.
Patient journey
Information before, during and after treatment.
HandCare library
Explore the HandCare library.
The library is expanding beyond the original core conditions into trauma, wrist instability, arthritis, congenital differences, infection and anatomy.
AnatomyHand Anatomy GuidesExplore reviewed bones, nerves and circulation. BioDigital viewer integration is in preparation.
AnatomyHand & Wrist AnatomyBones, joints, tendons, nerves and blood vessels.
NerveCubital Tunnel SyndromeUlnar-nerve symptoms around the elbow.
ArthritisThumb Base ArthritisPainful pinch and grip at the thumb carpometacarpal joint.
Wrist traumaScaphoid FractureA wrist fracture that can be subtle after a fall.
WristTFCC InjuryUlnar-sided wrist pain and instability.
WristScapholunate InjuryA key stabilising-ligament injury.
TraumaMetacarpal FracturePalm fractures and rotational alignment.
TraumaFinger FractureSmall-bone injuries with major functional consequences.
TraumaFingertip & Nail Bed InjuryCrush, laceration and partial-amputation patterns.
InfectionFlexor Sheath InfectionA potentially time-critical hand infection.
PaediatricSyndactylyA congenital difference in which adjacent digits are joined.
PaediatricPolydactylyCongenital extra digits with variable anatomy.
AnatomyHand & Wrist AnatomyBones, joints, tendons, nerves and blood vessels.
NerveCubital Tunnel SyndromeUlnar-nerve symptoms around the elbow.
ArthritisThumb Base ArthritisPainful pinch and grip at the thumb carpometacarpal joint.
Wrist traumaScaphoid FractureA wrist fracture that can be subtle after a fall.
WristTFCC InjuryUlnar-sided wrist pain and instability.
WristScapholunate InjuryA key stabilising-ligament injury.
TraumaMetacarpal FracturePalm fractures and rotational alignment.
TraumaFinger FractureSmall-bone injuries with major functional consequences.
TraumaFingertip & Nail Bed InjuryCrush, laceration and partial-amputation patterns.
InfectionFlexor Sheath InfectionA potentially time-critical hand infection.
PaediatricSyndactylyA congenital difference in which adjacent digits are joined.
PaediatricPolydactylyCongenital extra digits with variable anatomy.