Hand Therapy

Hand therapy focuses on the remediation of hand, wrist and upper extremity problems for you to achieve the maximal level of independence during self-care, work and leisure activities.

At Beaumont, our hand therapists will provide you one-on-one treatment based on your deficits determined during a thorough musculoskeletal evaluation.  

• restoring functional movement, strength, endurance and fine-motor control to maximize the speed, quality and independence of purposeful activity
  
• remediating sensory deficits and instructing you in compensatory techniques to improve safety 
  
• promoting techniques for pain and swelling management
  
• facilitating wound healing and minimizing scar tissue
  
• optimizing body mechanics and improving work simplification and energy conservation 
  
• providing adaptive equipment and functional solutions to improve independence with self-care, work tasks and leisure activities
  
• utilizing custom static and dynamic splinting to protect and support healing structures and/or to restore movement
  
• providing educational resources for your specific condition
  

• arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
  
• DeQuervain's tendonitis
  
• Dupuytren's disease
  
• postoperative upper extremity conditions
  
• repetitive cumulative trauma disorders including carpal tunnel syndrome, lateral and medial epicondylitis and thoracic outlet syndrome
  
• sensory problems of the upper extremity including complex regional pain syndrome
  
• tenosynovitis/tendonitis
  
• amputations/wounds
  
• fractures, dislocations or crush injuries
  
• nerve palsy including radial nerve, ulnar nerve, median nerve and brachial plexus injuries
  
• soft tissue injuries, including sprains and strains
  
• tendon trauma, including ruptures/repairs
  

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Beaumont is most preferred for Physical Therapy services in the tri-county and 9-county area compared to other local health systems.