Hand Therapy
What is Hand Therapy?
Hand therapy is a type of rehabilitation to address and treat injuries and conditions affecting the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. It provides non-operative interventions, preventative care, and post-surgical rehabilitation for a variety of upper-extremities. Our hand therapists collaborate with physicians and clients to provide a continuum of care. We desensitize the affected area and develop a personalized, goal-oriented program to increase motion and strength so you can return to work and a productive lifestyle. We help bridge the gap from medical management of upper-extremity conditions to a successful recovery.
Conditions we treat:
- Tendon and nerve injuries
- Wounds and infections
- Traumatic injuries
- Soft-tissue injuries
- Fractures, dislocations, and sprains
- Sports injuries
- Arthritis conditions
Common treatment options include:
- Range-of-motion and strengthening exercises
- Neuromuscular re-education
- Scar and soft-tissue mobilization
- Desensitization and sensory re-education
- Customized orthosis fabrication
- Joint protection principles
- Therapeutic activities
- Home exercise programs
- Education in injury rehabilitation & prevention
Splinting
What is Splinting?
Splinting treats musculoskeletal system abnormalities. By keeping the injured area temporarily stable and immobile, pain is reduced and can allow proper healing. We fabricate a custom splint for a specific injury or post-operative protocol. Your hand therapist can make a simple splint for a finger or a complicated dynamic splint for a tendon repair.
Splinting can help any of the following situations:
- Temporary immobilization of sprains, fractures, and reduced dislocations
- Decrease swelling
- Control of pain
- Prevention of further soft tissue or neurovascular injuries including bruising, sprains, lacerations, fractures, dislocations, or painful joints due to inflammatory disorders
Hand therapy is a type of rehabilitation that addresses and treats injuries and conditions affecting the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. It includes non-operative treatment, preventative care, and post-surgical rehab, so it applies whether or not you've had surgery.
We treat tendon and nerve injuries, wounds and infections, traumatic and soft-tissue injuries, fractures, dislocations, sprains, sports injuries, and arthritis conditions affecting the upper extremity.
Our hand therapists are specially trained to collaborate with physicians and clients to provide a continuum of care, using techniques specific to the hand and upper extremity, such as scar and soft-tissue mobilization, desensitization, and sensory re-education — plus the ability to fabricate custom orthoses, which most general PTs don't do.
Splinting treats musculoskeletal abnormalities by temporarily stabilizing and immobilizing an injured area, reducing pain, and allowing proper healing. Your hand therapist fabricates a custom splint for your specific injury or post-operative protocol — anything from a simple finger splint to a complex dynamic splint for a tendon repair.
Splinting can help with the temporary immobilization of sprains, fractures, and reduced dislocations, decreasing swelling, controlling pain, and preventing further soft tissue or neurovascular injury.
