Services Provided at the Hand & Upper Extremity Rehabiliation Center include:
- Individualized evaluation and assessment
- Individualized Therapeutic Treatment Plans that address:
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- Range of motion
- Strengthening
- Work conditioning
- Functional activities and exercise
- Desensitization
- Nerve gliding
- Postural retraining
- Neuromotor re-education
- Therapeutic activities
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- Joint mobilization
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Cross friction massage
- Edema control
- Manual edema mobilization techniques (MEM)
- Scar remodeling techniques
- Advanced Wound Care
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- Incision and wound management
- Dressing changes
- Debridement
- Burn care
- Customized Splinting
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- to provide protection of injured structures
(bones, tendons, nerves, ligaments), correction of deformity,
immobilization of joints, or as a tool for exercise
- Fabrication of
- static splints
- static-progressive splints
- Custom dynamic splints
- Fitting of prefabricated static, static-progressive, or dynamic splints
- Thermal and Electrical Modalities
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- Hot and cold packs
- Fluidotherapy
- Ultrasound
- Iontophoresis
- NMES, FES, interferential current, premodulated current
- Paraffin
- Home Program Development and Modification
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- Home programs are necessary to obtain the optimum therapy outcome
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- It is important that one understand their condition in order to be an educated participant in their care. Therapist's make sure that their client understands:
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- The nature of their injury or dysfunction
- Precautions associated with their diagnosis
- The importance of commitment with home program and precautions
- Prevention techniques and strategies
- Adaptive equipment and techniques to improve ease, comfort and efficiency in daily tasks.
- Ergonomic adaptations
