Hand Therapy Elmhurst & Brooklyn, NY

Hand Therapy

What is hand therapy?

Hand therapy focuses on the intricacies of the muscles in the hand, and the important skills that are necessary to basic motor functions. Improving fine motor skills after having a stroke requires actually rewiring the brain through special exercises, helping you to rebuild muscle memories and restore functionality to as close to your previous levels as possible.

During hand therapy, you may be encouraged to complete exercises like:

  • Flexing rubber bands between your fingers
  • Moving beans from one bucket to another
  • Squeezing a stress ball
  • Putting pegs in a pegboard

The idea behind these exercises is that they help to re-program the muscles in the hand to make certain movements and tasks easier to complete. In order for the exercises to work they need to be repeated—and repeated often.

You may be surprised by how necessary basic motor skills are to your everyday life. Simple tasks that you likely take for granted—such as wrapping presents, decorating, cooking dinner, using scissors or working on arts and crafts—all of these tasks require motor skills. Your hands need to be able to move exactly as you intend, without any delay or limitations. Working with a hand therapist can help you to reach a place where your hands are your own again, and where you are able to complete every task with the same attention to detail as you used to be able to do.

For more information about the benefits of hand therapy for restoring motor skills, Contact Us Today at Elmhurst & Brooklyn, NY centers.

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