SPLINTING FOR WRIST AND HAND FRACTURES
Have you injured your fingers or hand? Did you recently suffer a severe fracture of your wrist? At Rose City Physical Therapy & Hand Therapy Specialists, we specialize in treating wrist, elbow, and hand injuries, especially those caused by traumas requiring a higher skill set.
We use the most advanced techniques, including creating custom hand and wrist splints to ensure you restore the use of your hands in the shortest time possible!
Effective management of wrist and hand fractures depends on the collaboration of the surgeon, therapist, and patient. Our therapists regularly work with local surgeons to ensure your best outcome.
We use a patient-centered approach to address your specific needs. Whether you need to get back to hobbies such as wood crafts, music, or fabric arts, we can help. Or resume function for opening a jar, buttoning a shirt, resuming repetitive job demands, or a sport like rock climbing; our occupational hand therapists will focus on what you need to get back to doing!
Contact Rose City Physical Therapy & Hand Therapy Specialists in Portland to schedule a consultation and find out how we can help you get back to doing what you love!
Our hand therapists will make custom splints for you.
An orthosis is another name for a splint. Orthotics help align joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments for optimum healing and function. Specific injuries, including fractures of the wrist or hand, require the fabrication of an orthosis that is custom-made just for you.
The use of our hands is vital to our everyday life. If you or a loved one has sustained a hand injury, you certainly know this to be true! Any damage to the wrist or hand carries the potential for severe limitations and loss of function. Proper identification and treatment of traumatic hand and wrist injuries are critical to preventing loss of function, nerve damage, joint restrictions, and persistent pain.
If you are dealing with a fracture in your wrist(s) or hand(s), our hand therapists are here to help you! Our dedicated hand therapists will conduct a physical evaluation to examine the function of your wrist, hand, and fingers and create a custom orthotic specifically for your needs based on your doctor’s diagnosis and order.
How our hand therapists can help you
At Rose City Physical Therapy & Hand Therapy Specialists in Portland, OR, our hand therapists will help you along your road to recovery. We will start with a thorough evaluation of your injuries and determine the most appropriate treatment for you. Together, we will set goals that are most important to you.
During your therapy sessions, you will work one-on-one with your therapist on pain reduction, swelling control, range of motion, strength, dexterity and coordination. Your therapist will also design a home exercise program for you to supplement your work in the clinic.
Various treatment interventions are used in hand therapy to help you comfortably perform daily functions. These may include any combination of therapeutic exercises, dexterity and coordination, custom orthosis/splint design, pain management, manual therapy, taping, ergonomics, or edema management techniques.
There are also different exercise tools that a hand therapist may have you perform to strengthen your upper extremity after an injury, such as working with putty, using a gripper, or using dumbbells.
What to expect with hand therapy
The occupational hand therapists at Rose City Physical Therapy & Hand Therapy Specialists will design the most effective, personalized treatment plan and custom orthotic to relieve your pain and improve your hand’s range of motion. We will work with you and your physician or surgeon to ensure you achieve the quickest and most effective results possible!
Our team is skilled at dealing with the most challenging injuries, and we always look forward to coming up with creative solutions to complicated problems. We get to know you during this evaluation and discuss what is important to you. We will design a treatment program specific to your situation and issues with your goals in mind.
Contact us
If you or someone you know needs hand therapy, including the elbow, wrist, and hand, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Our hand therapists do require a physician referral in order for them to evaluate and provide treatment.
Request an appointment at Rose City Physical Therapy in Portland today so that we can get you back on track to doing the things you love!
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0901/p491.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19418366/