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Hand Therapy
Our hand specialists offer the most advanced hand treatment available for issues with your hand, arm and shoulder.
Our hands are critical for performing all daily activities. This is why many people get nervous when they develop a condition such as arthritis, experience a sports injury or other injury that affects their hands, or lose function after surgery. Fortunately, with proper treatment most conditions will not lead to a significant loss of function in your hand—or your wrist, forearm, elbow or shoulder. Hand specialists treat all of these areas. At Henry Ford Health, our certified hand therapists can help you heal, restoring function and mobility so you can return to your normal activities at home, school or work.
Hand treatment: Why choose Henry Ford Health?
- Whole-person care: Our hand therapists evaluate all the ways a hand injury or condition is affecting your life. We create personalized treatment plans so you can function with less arm and hand pain, and without the risk of additional injury.
- Experienced hand therapists: Our team includes several certified hand therapists (CHT). This certification means you receive care from a highly skilled, experienced hand specialist. These skilled experts stay current on the latest evidence-based treatments, so you can receive the highest standard of care.
- Convenient access: With locations throughout southeast and south central Michigan and the greater Flint area, we make it easy to find a hand therapist and get the care you need. Our large staff and extensive network mean you can get timely treatment near home, work or school.
- Integrated care and support: Our hand specialists work closely with your referring provider. We coordinate treatment plans with primary care physicians, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists and other experts to ensure you receive total hand and wrist care. We also provide support throughout treatment to help aid your recovery.
FAQs about hand therapy treatment at Henry Ford Health
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What Conditions Do Your Hand Therapists Treat?
Our hand therapists treat a wide range of conditions affecting the hand, wrist, forearm, elbow and shoulder. We also specialize in helping you recover after surgery.
Hand and wrist conditions we treat include:
- Tendon repairs
- Postoperative fracture care
- Arthritis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
- Wrist tendonitis and bursitis
- Trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis)
Arm, elbow and shoulder conditions we treat include:
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
- Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis)
- Nerve impingement
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What Treatments Does Your Hand Therapy Team Offer?
Your hand specialist will perform a thorough evaluation of your condition and how it’s affecting your life. We work with you to define clear treatment goals and help you return to activities that are most important to you. Your hand therapist may recommend a combination of the following treatments:
- Therapeutic exercises: Our hand specialists create unique exercise programs to use in the clinic and at home, so you can improve range of motion, strength and flexibility.
- Neuromuscular re-education: To help you perform specific functions and tasks, our hand therapists can strengthen and re-teach the mind-body connection so that you can perform daily tasks.
- Manual therapy: We use the latest hands-on techniques to restore alignment and normal motion in your joints and soft tissues. This hand treatment can help reduce inflammation, improve blood flow and speed up the healing process.
- Custom splints: We design and make splints on-site to fit your unique hand or arm condition. Splints are removable alternatives to hard casts.
- Postoperative self-care: If you have had recent hand, wrist or arm surgery, your hand specialist will provide you with pain and scar management strategies.
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What Do I Need to Start Hand Treatment?
- Get a referral: A referral for hand therapy that’s dated and has been signed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner within the last 90 days.
- Make an appointment: With this referral, you can schedule an appointment by calling one of our locations, or through your Henry Ford MyChart account.
- Provide your information: Either way, our team will gather information from you about your condition and referring provider, and will also verify your insurance coverage.
- Start your hand therapy treatment: Then you’ll be paired with the most appropriate hand specialist for your needs and start your therapy.
You should also plan to attend regularly scheduled hand therapy appointments to ensure that you get the most out of treatment.
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