Splinting and Hand Therapy
Purpose
Our treatment combines comprehensive knowledge of the upper extremities with specialized skills in assessment and treatment to restore function, prevent dysfunction, or reverse the advancement of a disease or injury in the upper extremities.
Service Overview
The Beaumont Pediatric Rehabilitation team includes Occupational Therapists who have training in meeting the needs of children with upper extremity (shoulder, arm, hand) conditions, injuries and diseases. Hand therapy is also provided following surgeries.
Individualized Treatment Plans
- Improving range of motion (movement), dexterity and strength
- Reduction in swelling
- Pain management
- Customized splint fabrication
- Scar management
- Sensory evaluation and re-education
- Assistive devices or activity modification to improve function and independence
Customized Splints
Customized splints are fabricated by Occupational Therapists and can be utilized to
- Decrease muscle tone (for children with Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injury, neurological injury)
- Maintain functional position
- Increase range of motion (movement)
- Increase stability of affected joints
- Post-surgical needs or positioning
- Congenital deformities
Conditions Treated
- Children who have been injured by an accident or trauma resulting in burns, scars, fractures, tendon and nerve damage, soft tissue dysfunction, and amputation of arm, hands or fingers
- Children who experience pain that interferes with daily function (play, schoolwork) will also benefit from hand therapy
- Children who have experienced trauma at birth resulting in brachial plexus or nerve injuries are provided with therapy
- Children who have been born with congenital anomalies and have had reconstructive surgery to correct the deformity will be provided with therapy