Hand Therapy – When should you see a hand therapist?
Hand therapy is most often used to help you recover from accidents or injury related to your upper extremities including your hands, arms, and shoulders. It focuses on everything on your body from your hand to your shoulder. If you have burns, scars, fractures, and more you can benefit from hand therapy.
A certified hand therapist is often a physical therapist or occupational therapist who specializes in hand therapy. Here at Evolve, our physical therapy team has the level of expertise you need to achieve optimum recovery. We understand that every situation is different, and we can create a custom hand therapy treatment plan the is specific to your individual needs.
What techniques are used in an evaluation for a hand injury?
- Range of Motion Exercises
- Grip and Pinch Strength
- Functional Dexterity
- Sensation
- Checking out Swelling
What conditions can a hand therapist treat?
A certified hand therapist can help you with the following:- Daily Living Activities
- Pain Management
- Injury Prevention
- Joint Mobilization
- Arthritis
- Hand Trauma
- Ligament Tears
- Nerve Disorders
- Fractures
- Sports Injuries
- Amputations
- Stroke Recovery
- And more!
What is the primary goal of hand therapy?
The number one goal of hand therapy is to help you to restore function. Your hand and arm muscles are some of the most used in your body for completing daily activities. Having a situation that limits your function and mobility can be frustrating for anyone. Here at Evolve, we can help you to recover from your injury or condition as well as learn about it. By taking the time to explain your individual injury or condition, you can learn prevention tips as well as gain a little peace of mind during the healing process.What techniques do hand therapists use?
Soft Tissue Therapy: Soft tissue therapy can help to reduce pain and improve your mobility.Manual Physical Therapy: Manual therapy is a hands-on technique that can help you with pain management and restoring the use of any injured areas.
Scar Management: Scar tissue can easily form when you are injured or have had surgery. With hand therapy, you can start to break down any adhesions that may have formed.
Modalities: Various modalities including: Ultrasounds, heat, Ice, and others can help you over the course of your hand therapy treatment.
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Who can benefit from hand therapy?
As mentioned earlier, the techniques that are used in hand therapy can help with many different injuries and chronic conditions. They can be used as a means of rehabilitation for an injury, or post-surgery. Hand therapy is also very beneficial for treating chronic pain like the kind caused by arthritis. The methods that we use can help to strengthen your muscles, reduce swelling, and restore your range of motion.Should you see a certified hand therapist?
Do you find yourself enduring daily pain associated with arthritis or another chronic condition that affects your hand or upper extremities? Maybe you have just had hand surgery or you have been in an accident that you need rehabilitation services for? At Evolve, our dedicated team of hand therapists can help you to restore what has been lost. Contact us today to schedule a hand therapy consultation.Click here to learn more about our hand therapy services.
About Evolve Physical Therapy in Brooklyn-
Brooklyn's Premier Holistic Physical Therapy Clinics-
There’s physical therapy, there’s training, and then there’s EVOLVE. We use the science of biomechanics merged with fitness to help our patients get better and stay better!
First we evaluate, then we heal, then we strengthen our clients so they can reach their goals, feel better, and live happier lives. We do so by utilizing a range of core techniques and specialized treatments to reduce pain, improve mobility, enhance physical strength and deal with the underlying issues, not just the pain itself.
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