What do you find most frustrating due to your lack of hand function?
We asked our customers what they find most frustrating due to their lack of hand function – and then we looked for solutions.
The SpillNot goes viral!!
Active Hands watched in amazement as sales of the SpillNot went wild overnight on Thursday last week following a viral TikTok video!
10 Tips for a Fitter 2021…
We’ve put together 10 handy tips for getting started on a fitter 2021. If you have a disability, our gripping aids could help.
Looking After Your Mental Health in an Isolated World
We won’t pretend to be mental health experts, but we do have minds of our own and we’re feeling the pressure of the current situation too. We hope that the ideas in this article might go some way to helping you through this bizarre time. If you have any tips we’d love to hear them …
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C6/7 Incomplete Tetra with Tracheostomy *Suspected* COVID-19 Journey
A big thank you to Tess for sharing her journey with *suspected* COVID-19 with us. Tess is a C6/7 Incomplete Tetra with Tracheostomy. We’re glad you’re feeling better. Over to Tess… I came into contact with someone who had just seen someone with a case of Covid-19 on 10/3/2020, and although this individual didn’t have …
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Getting in the Christmas Spirit
As we reach December lights are up, trees are trimmed and halls are decked. The craziness of Black Friday has passed and we begin to settle in for a family, friends and fun-filled Christmas season. As we open our advent calendars to a sweet treat each morning, and drive home surrounded by Christmas lights each …
Active Hands Go Green
Here at Active Hands we’re passionate about what we do, and we’re passionate about doing our bit to take care of this planet. With the race to save our planet gaining traction we thought it was time to step it up, share what we’re doing, and ask if there’s any more you think we could …
Getting To Grips With Powerlifting
After yet another awesome Instagram tag, we have been in contact with Kaitlin, a 28 year old lady from Pittsburgh, USA; who, in the space of only a couple of years, has gone from barely being able to use her left hand, to a fully fledged fitness and powerlifting enthusiast. She recently acquired an Active …
Kayak-tive Hands!
We were recently tagged on Instagram by athlete Jillian Elwart, who was using her Active Hands General Purpose gripping aid to take on the wild white water rapids of Arkansas, North America. Through several messages back and forth, we discovered that, on top of being a mother, dog owner and paediatric prosthetist, Jillian was also …
Achieving Independence with the Small Item Gripping Aid
Towards the end of last year we were thrilled to announce the launch of the Small Item gripping aid; a versatile and simple solution for gripping small items such as toothbrushes, pens, art equipment, make up brushes and much more. Simply fasten whatever item you wish into the plastic clamp on the palm pad, pop …
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