Hand Therapy
Find leading care for conditions affecting your hand, wrist and elbow at Barton Health with South Lake Tahoe's only certified hand therapists.
With offices in South Lake Tahoe, Stateline, and Carson City, our hand therapy team has decades of experience and we understand exactly how limitations of your hand, wrist, and elbow affect your day to day life.
Services
We provide personalized care to focus on the proper return of your hand, wrist, and elbow function following surgery or injury.
- arthritis
- burns
- chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- compartment syndromes
- crush and degloving injuries
- cumulative trauma disorders
- carpal tunnel
- DeQuervains
- tendonitis
- Dupuytren's disease
- fractures and dislocations of the hand and upper extremity
- ganglion cysts
- ligament injuries
- lymphedema
- musculoskeletal disorders
- nerve injuries, repairs and entrapments
- orthopedic rehabilitation
- pediatric upper extremity dysfunction
- peripheral and central nervous system disorders affecting upper extremity function
- sports medicine
- tendon repairs, transfers and grafts
- upper extremity amputations
Treatment
Our goal is to reduce your pain, swelling, and scarring, improve your strength, motion and function, and facilitate your safe, independent return to activities.
- custom splinting (dynamic and static)- for appropriate positioning, protection or to improve mobility and/or function.
- desensitization
- edema (swelling) control
- education: adaptive equipment, injury education, and home programs
- individualized home exercise program
- modalities: ultrasound, E-stim, paraffin, deep tissue laser
- muscle and sensory re-education
- pain management
- scar management
- therapeutic exercises worksite analysis and workstation re-design
Referrals required for most services. Inquire for cash-pay services.
Most insurances accepted including Medicare, NV Medicaid, Medi-Cal, and Workers' Comp. Please confirm coverage with your insurance provider.
