Occupational Therapy & Hand Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapy focuses on helping people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities, or occupations.

Within our setting, our Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants help people recovering from injury to regain skills, often providing support or splints for children and adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.

What is Hand Therapy?

A Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) is an OT or PT by profession with at least three years of experience, plus 4,000 hours of hand therapy practice (upper extremity rehabilitation). A CHT must have passed a certification examination that demonstrates knowledge of all areas of hand therapy before being granted the right to use the CHT designation. Hand therapists provide the following:

• Accurate assessments, immediate care, and effective treatment to reduce treatment time.

• A continuum of care eliminating the need for multiple medical providers.

• Faster recovery results in decreased medical costs

• Functional outcomes ensuring a faster return to work and a productive lifestyle

• The most comprehensive care for their patients