Sentara Therapy Center - Hand Therapy

Our hand therapy center works with patients recovering from upper extremity and hand injuries or disorders. Our certified hand, physical and occupational therapists offer the latest and most advanced rehabilitation therapies. We specialize in splinting and orthotic training for the upper extremity. In addition, a certified ergonomic assessment specialist offers functional capacity evaluations (FCE), return-to-work therapies so patients can be healthy enough to go back to work.

Services and treatments

• Amputee therapy
• Biometrics functional simulation
• Desensitization program
• Electrical stimulation
• Employment screenings
• Fluidotherapy (dry heat therapy)
• Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE)
• Hand therapy
• Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, or Graston Technique ®
• Iontophoresis (passing a weak electrical current to treat excessive sweating)
• Laser and microcurrent
• Manual physical therapy
• McConnell taping and kinesio taping
• Neuromuscular re-education, proprioception, postural correction
• Occupational therapy
• Paraffin wax therapy
• Pediatric splinting
• Pediatric therapy
• Return-to-work rehabilitation
• Scar remodeling
• Splinting/orthotic fabrication
• Therapeutic and range of motion exercises
• Ultrasound