Custom splinting is a valuable part of hand therapy and rehabilitation, using comfortable devices to stabilize hand and wrist injuries. Mary Woodbury, OTR/L, CHT, specializes in custom splinting with static and dynamic splints custom-molded to fit your hand. Call Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP, in Brunswick, Maine, today, or schedule a hand therapy consultation online.
Custom splinting is a way of managing hand injuries with an immobilizing device called a splint. You give your injury time to heal correctly by immobilizing your hand and wrist.
Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP, designs and fabricates custom hand splints after evaluating your disabling hand or wrist injury. Most hand splints are made of thermoplastic that can be molded to fit your hand perfectly while offering stability for all of the hand’s joints.
Your provider at Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP, teaches you about the various custom hand splints and makes their recommendation based on your diagnosis and goals. Custom splinting is typically part of a broader hand therapy plan, including occupational therapy and rehabilitation.
Custom splinting can be essential to treating and healing many limiting hand injuries and conditions. Using a splint stabilizes your hand and can reduce the pain of an injury or condition.
Your provider at Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP, might recommend custom splinting to manage:
Most hand splints are flexible enough to allow you to move your hand. They also allow for different stages of swelling as your hand injury improves with time.
Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP, uses several splint types to heal hands. These are:
A static splint has no moving parts: The entire device is rigid. They keep your hand in one ideal position to allow it to rest as it heals while offering protection for your injury.
A static progressive splint is similar to a static splint. But your provider at Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center can remold or adjust it as healing progresses.
A dynamic splint has a static base connected to a mobile component, like a spring or elastic band. These splints increase a joint’s range of motion by placing tension on it.
Schedule an appointment today over the phone or online at Hand Therapy Treatment and Education Center, LLP, to learn if custom splinting can help rehabilitate your hand injury.