The Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center offers services to individuals with various impairments of the upper limbs, including the hands, which may have been caused by injury or disease. We provide comprehensive and specialized services for patients with various problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, tendonitis, repetitive stress injuries, peripheral nerve damage and fractures. The aim of the Hand Therapy Program is to help patients regain strength, dexterity, pain relief and functional independence following injury or illness affecting the hands or upper limbs. Our skilled rehabilitative professionals provide the highest level of care that includes:

• Occupational therapists, who are board certified hand therapists, design and implement individualized treatment plans for a wide range of acute, post-surgical, and chronic conditions involving the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand.
• Treatment plans may include design and fabrication of custom made orthotics for a variety of conditions involving nerves, muscles, joints, and bones.
• Treatment of a wide variety of diagnostic conditions, including fractures of the upper extremity, shoulder dislocations, carpal/cubital tunnel syndrome, arthritis, De Quervain's Syndrome, tendonitis, and wound care.
• Open and regular communication with your referring physician.
• Access to state-of-the art rehabilitative equipment to assist with your recovery.
• Setting functional goals made by the patient and his/her therapist to better achieve the long-term desired results.
• A full array of therapeutic modalities, including splinting, heat, ice, fluidotherapy, electrical stimulation and contrast baths.
• Manual therapy to facilitate recovery towards normal joint motion and muscle function.
• Monthly reevaluations to insure the highest quality of care.
• Availability of numerous clinicians on site to allow for additional treatment options.

Patients with impairments of the hands and upper limbs can count on our skilled professionals to provide the highest standard of specialized rehabilitative care available at the most respected rehabilitation facility in New York—The Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center.