Hand Therapy
Hand Therapy in Raleigh, NC
Welcome to FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Center - North Hills, your top choice for hand therapy in Raleigh, NC. If you're looking for specialized care to help recover from or manage hand injuries and conditions, you've come to the right place.
Our experienced and caring team provides personalized hand therapy treatments to help you regain strength, movement, and function. We understand how much you rely on your hands for everyday tasks and activities. Our goal is to help you achieve your goals and get back to doing the things you love.
At FYZICAL North Hills, we offer a full range of hand therapy services, including:
- Hand and wrist injury rehabilitation
- Custom splinting
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis treatment
- Trigger finger treatment
- Treatment for arthritis, tendonitis, fractures, strains, sprains, and nerve injuries
What Makes Us Different?
What truly sets us apart is our whole-body approach to hand therapy. We don't just look at your hands - we evaluate your entire upper body, posture, and biomechanics to understand what may be contributing to or compounding your hand problems.
This allows us to create more targeted and effective treatment plans. We also collaborate closely with your doctor to ensure your therapy aligns with and enhances any medical care you're receiving.
At FYZICAL North Hills, you'll work one-on-one with your therapist in each hand physical therapy in Raleigh, NC treatment session. This personalized care and attention allows us to tailor everything to your unique needs, goals, challenges, and lifestyle. We'll coach and encourage you through your therapy journey each step of the way.
Our hand therapists have advanced certifications and extensive experience working with diverse hand conditions and populations. We continuously train in the latest techniques and best practices to provide the highest quality care possible.
Our hand therapists have advanced certifications and extensive experience working with diverse hand conditions and populations. We continuously train in the latest techniques and best practices to provide the highest quality care possible.
Our Hand Therapy Services in Raleigh, NC
Injury Rehabilitation
Treat common injuries like fractures, dislocations, sprains, strains, and nerve compressions. We'll help you regain mobility, strength, and function after an acute hand injury.
Custom Splinting
Fabricate custom splints to immobilize, support, and position your hand as it heals from injury or surgery. This includes fracture braces, tendon/nerve glides, and more.
De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
Specialized techniques like iontophoresis, friction massage, and joint mobilizations are used to treat this painful thumb condition effectively.
Trigger Finger
Manual techniques to mobilize stuck pulleys and exercise to strengthen hand flexors to help resolve trigger finger.
Arthritis Management
Exercises, adaptive strategies, orthotics, and modalities to help improve hand mobility and manage pain from arthritis.
Benefits of Hand Therapy
Hand therapy helps to decrease pain, restore function, and prevent the progression of injury or disease in yourhand, wrist, elbow, or shoulder.
If you or a loved one are suffering from symptoms of a hand condition, call the CHTs at FYZICAL North Hills today. The certified hand therapist credential ensures that your therapist has the highest level of competency in their profession and that they stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in their field, ensuring that you receive the best possible treatment.
The Role of Hand Therapy for Hand Injury, Accident, or Disease
Hand therapy involves the use of a combination of treatment options, including cold and heat therapy, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, soft tissue therapy, manual therapy, stretching and strengthening exercises, and splinting. These treatment options help to decrease pain, increase range of motion, increase the stability of the joint, maintain functional positioning, and help with post-surgical positioning of various hand conditions and injuries.
Our CHTs can fabricate custom splints on-site for individuals with boutonniere deformity, carpal tunnel syndrome, crush injuries, deQuervain's tenosynovitis, Dupuytren's contracture, elbow fractures, flexion contractures, mallet finger, metacarpal fractures, severe tendon Injuries, swan neck deformity, and trigger finger. Your CHT will educate you on the proper use and maintenance of your splint to ensure that you achieve maximum benefit and recovery.
Our CHTs can fabricate custom splints on-site for individuals with boutonniere deformity, carpal tunnel syndrome, crush injuries, deQuervain's tenosynovitis, Dupuytren's contracture, elbow fractures, flexion contractures, mallet finger, metacarpal fractures, severe tendon Injuries, swan neck deformity, and trigger finger. Your CHT will educate you on the proper use and maintenance of your splint to ensure that you achieve maximum benefit and recovery.
FAQs
What is hand therapy?
Hand therapy is a specialized type of occupational or physical therapy focused on treating injuries, conditions, and disabilities that affect the hands, fingers, and upper extremities.
How effective is hand therapy?
Hand therapy is extremely effective for treating a wide range of acute and chronic hand problems. It can help arthritis sufferers regain mobility, strength, and function after injuries, reduce pain, improve the use of the hands, and prevent loss of hand function from neurological conditions.
What will a hand therapist do?
A hand therapist will thoroughly evaluate the hand and upper body to determine the underlying causes of your symptoms. They will then create a customized treatment plan involving modalities like ultrasound or paraffin wax, manual techniques such as massage and joint mobilization, custom splinting, targeted exercises using special equipment, and patient education.